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HISTORY 


OF THE 

Re -Union Society 


OF THE 

23d Regiment N. J. Volunteers 


ORGANIZED DECEMBER 13, 1888. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
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and having been honorably discharged from the United 
States service, and complied with onr Constitution 
and By-Laws is a member of the Re-Union Society 
of the Twenty-Third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers. 


Attest: 


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Secretary. 







PREFACE 


T HE Executive Committee of the “ Re-Union Society of 
the Twenty-Third Regiment N. J. Volunteers,” at a 
meeting held at Mount Holly, decided to have published 
for the benefit of the members of said society, this book, containing 
a history of its organization, constitution and by-laws, original 
muster roll of regiment, with list of casualties, speeches, and such 
other matters pertaining to the history of the regiment, as might 
prove interesting to its members, feeling that in so doing they 
would be instrumental in placing within the reach of all matters of 
importance that never perhaps could come to them except through 
this source, and that if any misstatements have been unconsciously 
embodied in this work they will be cheerfully corrected upon the 
presentation of trustworthy evidence of inaccuracy, in the future 
publications of this society. Capt. E. H. Kirkbride was selected to 
assist in preparing this work. 

J. Ridgway English, 

Isaac E. Shivers, 

John P. Jones, 

Franklin S. Gaskill, 

Benjamin S. Shreve, 


Executive Committee. 






Edgewater Park, December 13, 1888. 

By invitation of Col. E. Burd Grubb, the survivors of the 
Twenty-Third Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, were requested 
to meet at his residence at Edgewater Park, on Thursday, De¬ 
cember 13th, 1888, for the purpose of once more meeting together 
in friendly re-union, as well as to take into consideration the pro¬ 
priety of forming themselves into a permanent organization. 

At the station some two hundred members of the “ Old Yahoos ” 
formed into line, and, after selecting Capt. E. H. Kirkbride as 
commander, proceeded in light marching order to assault the 
beautiful home of our much loved colonel, on the banks of the 
Delaware; on reaching which the command was brought to a 
“ front,” and Colonel Grubb introduced by the officer in command, 
amid waving of hats, shouts of joy, and tears of happiness. At 
the command “ break ranks ” one grand rush was made for our old 
commander, which must have convinced him that for his noble 
conduct toward the “ boys ” while at the front he had engrafted 
himself so deeply in their affections that a quarter of a century of 
peace had not obliterated the love they then cherished for him. 
Many a tear was seen to trickle down the cheek of both Colonel 
and soldier as they clasped hands for the first time since the war. 

The grounds were beautifully decorated and everything to make 
the day a pleasant one, regardless of expense, had been done ; on 
the broad lawn east of the mansion a large tent was pitched, and 
in front of it was a huge “ camp fire,” not of “ green pine,” but of 
dry hickory cord wood, affording more grateful warmth than was 
accorded the regiment twenty-six years ago by the “ Johnies ” at 
Fredericksburg. The arrangements were in charge of Joseph R. 
Ridgway Post, No. 21, G. A. R., of Beverly, and they deserve great 
credit for the manner in which they did their work. All over the 
grounds could be seen groups of comrades, talking over the times 
they had spent together on the tented field, or trying to recognize 


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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


each other after time in its ceaseless revolution of twenty-five years 
had wrinkled the brow and silvered the hair. Some two hours were 
spent in this pleasant manner when we were invited to assemble in 
the spacious hall of the mansion, where Col. Grubb welcomed the 
boys with these beautiful remarks: “ With all my heart I welcome 
you, my old comrades in arms ; I ought to feel as happy as a 
soldier can. when twenty-five years after the war I see before me, 
my old comrades, and the flag under which we fought, nothing is 
wanting to complete my happiness save the faces of those who are 
absent, and I trust that this is but the first of many more happy 
re-unions.” Chaplain Abbott was then called upon and offered up 
the following 

prayer: 

“Almighty God, source of all good, we bow our hearts 
before Thee with thankfulness. Thy providences toward us 
have been well directed; Thy mercies generous, Thy grace 
abundant and free. Our preserved lives with associated blessings 
attest Thy great goodness. Years of peace and general prosperity 
have passed and we are engaged in this re union of our regiment. 
Many of our comrades have fallen, some at the front during the 
fury of battle, others have been called from the peaceful pursuits of 
home. Some still remain in the ranks of life and duty. God of the 
brave and true, let Thy blessings crown the resting place of our 
dead comrades, and divinely protect the widow and the orphan. 
Bless our nation in all her great interests, in all sections, among all 
classes, and may the voice of rebellion be heard no more. Bless 
all who are in authority, and may our rulers love God and work 
righteousness, that the homes of the people may continue blessed. 
We are to-day sharing the kind hospitality of our beloved commander 
whose name is an inspiration to us all. We bless Thee, Oh God ! for 
the honor thy servant achieved on hotly contested fields of battle, 
weaving an imperishable record for soldierly bearing and gentle¬ 
manly kindness. We praise Thee that he is blessed with this 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


7 


palatial home and its beautiful surroundings. Continue Thou to 
smile upon him and his, making home a constant centre of happy 
attractions. Now grant us the help of Thy truth and grace that 
each one may love and serve Thee as Thou do’st *require. We 
offer Thee our thanks, and petition for mercy in the name of Christ 
our adorable Redeemer, Amen.” 

Before proceeding with his address the colonel unfolded the 
“Old Yahoo” flag, which has been in his possession since the war, 
and.the sight of which seemed to set the boys wild, as cheer upon 
cheer greeted it, such as can only be given by those who willingly 
offered their lives for its protection, and whose very threads are 
interwoven with the heart strings of those who had fought under 
its folds, and again would swear allegiance for its protection. This 
flag, a beautiful silk stand of National colors was presented to the 
regiment by Mayor Alfred Thompson, and was known throughout 
the army as the “ Yahoo ” flag, from the fact that it bore on its face 
the following inscription : “ Twenty-third Regiment, New Jersey 

Yahoos,” a name given the regiment one night after ‘‘taps,” by 
General Torbert who directed one of his aids to go over and stop 
that noise of those Twenty-third “Yahoos.” 

ADDRESS BY COL. E. BURD GRUBB. 

On the fourth of August, 1862, President Lincoln ordered that a 
draft of 300,000 volunteers be immediately called to the service of 
the United States to serve for nine months unless sooner discharged. 
The quota of New Jersey was designated as 10,478, and the regu¬ 
lations for the draft were announced, providing that an enrollment 
be immediately made of all able-bodied male citizens between the 
ages of 18 and 45 years, and that the draft be made on the third of 
September. The State authorities at once took the necessary steps 
to meet the requiremeats of this order, but a general desire being 
manifested by the people of the State to fill the quota by voluntary 
enlistment, it was announced that volunteers in lieu of drafted men 
would be received up to the first of September, but that the draft 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


would positively take place at the time appointed in any township 
which should not by that time have furnished the full number of 
men required. Everywhere throughout the State the utmost 
enthusiasm and energy were exhibited, not only by those liable to 
the conscription, but by citizens of all ages and classes. For sev¬ 
eral days previous to that fixed for the draft, men poured into camp 
by the thousands, and by the evening of the second of September 
the five camps contained io,8oq volunteers. This number was 
subsequently reduced, by medical examination, to 10,714, being 
236 more than the number called for. The camps were as follows, 
viz: 


Camp No. 1 at Trenton, 

* No. 2 at Beverly, 

“ No. 3 at Freehold, 

“ No. 4 at Newark, 

“ No. 5 at Flemington, 


Brig. Gen. N. Halstead, Commander. 

G. M. Robeson, “ 

Lieut. Col. Height, 

Brig. Gen. Van Vorst, 

Alex. Donaldson, “ 


On the morning of the third the State authorities had the satis¬ 
faction of announcing to the Adjutant-General of the United States 
that the quota of New Jersey was in camp, without a single drafted 
man. As rapidly as possible, after being received in camp the men 
were organized into companies and regiments, clothed, uniformed, 
equipped and placed under instruction, and by the 10th of October 
all had left for the field. The Twenty-third, commanded by Col. J. 
S. Cox, was mustered into the United States service on the 13th of 
September, 1862, and comprised 39 officers and 955 enlisted men, 
making a total of 994, which left the State on the 26th day of Sep¬ 
tember. 

Let us now look at the condition of the country at this time and 
the condition of the army which the Twenty-third New Jersey 
joined. These were what might well be called the darkest days of 
the war. In June, McClellan had floundered through the Chicka- 
hominy, leaving half of his magnificent army dead, wounded or pris- 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


9 


oners ; in August, Pope had offered himself as a target for the vic¬ 
torious legions of Lee, and Lee made a bull’s-eye of him. The vet¬ 
erans of the Army of the Potomac had crowded in front of the vic¬ 
torious rebels on northern soil, and only a few days before the 
Twenty-third New Jersey joined the Sixth Corps the very doubtful 
battle of Antietam had been fought. 

The regiment after leaving New Jersey proceeded to Washington 
and went into camp at East Capitol Hill; a few days after this it 
moved to Frederick City, Md., where it remained until the eighth 
of October, when it started for Bakersville to join the First New 
Jersey Brigade, with which it was ever after identified. Remaining 
at Bakersville until the 30th the regiment marched with the brigade 
towards New Baltimore, and while here Col. Cox was relieved from 
command by Col.Torbert and Lieut. Col. H.O.Ryerson of the Second 
New Jersey regiment was placed in charge of the Twenth-third. 
On the first day of November the march was resumed, and on the 
ninth the Potomac was crossed and the regiment pushed on with 
the army in the march towards Fredericksburg. At this time, 
Maj. Thompson and Adjt. Winans left the regiment, Lieut. Perkins 
of Company G being promoted to the place of the latter. On the 
16th the regiment broke camp and proceeded to Catlett’s Station 
and thence to Stafford Court House, where it .remained a fortnight, 
drilling actively. While here, Capt. E. Burd Grubb of the Third 
New Jersey, then serving on the staff of Col. Torbert, was commis¬ 
sioned Major of the Twenty-third in place of Albert Thompson re¬ 
signed’ and joined the regiment on the third of December on the 
march to Falmouth, Va. The regiment approached the river on 
the afternoon of the 10th of December and lay along the bank 
about a quarter of a mile back of it, and on the evening of the 
1 ith witnessed the cannonading and bombardment of the city and 
the heroic crossing of the river in the face of the enemy’s fire by the 
Michigan regiment, one of the most magnificent sights in all the war. 
At early dawn on the 12th the Twenty-third was ordered to cross 


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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


the river. The men had been aroused an hour before daylight and 
coffee had been made. The daylight broke with a thick fog hang¬ 
ing over the river and city of Fredericksburg, and as they climbed 
down the bank and almost groped along the slippery pontoon, 
doubtless the thoughts of many there were made more sombre by 
the death-like pall of mist that hung about them. On crossing, the 
regiment was formed in column of division in its place in the brig¬ 
ade and went out into the mist, which was so thick that one division 
could scarcely see the other in its front. After marching out about 
a quarter of a mile from the river bank the brigade halted and line 
of battle was formed, here they remained in line of battle, unable to 
see anything and hearing nothing except muffled sounds in the fog 
around them, not a shot, not a challenge, nothing, until between 
nine and ten o’clock. 

In the rear of the Twenty-third was heard the trampling of 
horses and some of the officers upon investigation, reported a very 
heavy line of Union cavalry just in our rear. Some of the officers 
had also been in front of our line a short distance and they imme¬ 
diately reported to the commanding officer that there was a ravine 
running parallel with our line of battle, which was extremely deep 
and with very precipitous sides. A short time after this and very 
fortunately before the fog lifted, the column withdrew across the 
river, before however they did succeed in crossing, the lifting of the 
fog permitted their enemy’s artillery to see them ; it was here that 
Gen. Bayard, the commander of the cavalry, was killed by a 
cannon shot. About io o’clock the fog lifted, and being dispersed 
by the rays of the bright December sun, was soon rolled up, and the 
day was clear and bright. With the first lifting of the fog came the 
sounds of battle from the right and left, and when the veil of heaven 
was lifted from the spires of Fredericksburg, the veil of battle rose and 
took its place. With the chances and mischances and the manage¬ 
ment and mismanagement of that terrible battle, beyond what hap¬ 
pened to the Twenty-third New Jersey, we have nothing to do. 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


II 


When the fog lifted, and just in front of the Twenty-third, about 
fifty yards away and on the edge of the deep ravine, stood a small 
cedar tree, probably about 30 feet high, and, flying from its top was 
a red and white rag, which for a few moments no one paid any par¬ 
ticular attention to. Suddenly, from the hill directly in front of the 
regiment and about 1200 yards away, came a puff of smoke, and the 
Twenty-third New Jersey felt the thrill of the first hostile shell it 
had ever heard. The shell struck the ground within 10 feet of the 
root of the cedar tree, and bounding over the heads of the men, 
exploded in the rear. In the next three or four minutes half a 
dozen other shells were fired and it became evident that the cedar 
tree was the range which the rebel cannoneers were using. Having 
received permission from Col. Torbert, Col. Ryerson crowded the 
regiment forward into the ravine in order to protect them from 
what was becoming very good artillery practice. As the regiment 
passed over the edge of the ravine in line of battle, two shells were 
fired, one of which took off Col. Ryerson’s hat, without injury to 
its owner, and the other exploded just over the regiment and a 
piece of it went through the arm of private Elias Gibbs, of Company 
A, of Burlington. As soon as the regiment marched into the ravine 
it was entirely sheltered from this annoying artillery fire, which was 
replied to by that time by Hexamer’s Battery on our side. The bat¬ 
teries on the left, a mile or two away, were actively engaged with 
the enemy’s batteries on their front, and a hot fight was going on at 
Fredericksburg on our right. In the woods on our left was Frank¬ 
lin’s left grand division. We remained in this ravine about two 
hours, when we were moved by the right flank out of the ravine to 
the front and ordered to lie down in a corn-stubble field, in line of 
battle. Directly in front of the Twenty-third some companies of 
the Fifteenth New Jersey regiment were deployed as skirmishers 
and were engaged in picket firing with the enemy’s skirmishers. 
About opposite the left flank of the Twenty-third was a ravine run¬ 
ning perpendicular to our line of battle and at a distance of about 


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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


200 yards from us a railroad crossed by means of an embankment 
and culvert, and along the bottom of this ravine and through the 
culvert, trickled a little rivulet. 

I will now again take up Foster’s narrative, which says : “ At 

this time the battle was raging all along the line, but the brigade 
was not actually engaged until three o’clock, when Col. Torbert 
was ordered to advance one regiment, supported by a second, for 
the purpose of drawing the enemy from a position which it was im¬ 
portant to occupy, two regiments of the Third brigade being at the 
same time placed under his orders. Col. Torbert at once ordered 
Col. Hatch, of the Fourth regiment, with about 300 men, to 
advance and take the position, simultaneously directing the left of 
the picket line with its reserve, under Maj. Brown, of the Fifteenth, 
to support the movement. These troops promptly advanced in the 
most handsome manner, under a severe fire of grape and canister, 
and then, reaching favorable ground,led by the gallant Hatch,charged 
the enemy’s position, driving them from it with great loss, and captur¬ 
ing twenty-five prisoners. Rallying, however, the rebels again 
returned to the fray, and the position becoming critical, the Twenty- 
third regiment under Col. Ryerson, and two regiments of the Third 
brigade, were hurried forward as a support—six companies of the 
Twenty-third becoming immediately engaged in fighting bravely. 
At this moment, however, when everything was favorable to our 
arms, Col. Torbert was ordered to halt the remainder of the sup¬ 
ports and fall back from the railroad, holding it by pickets only.” 

The charge of the Fourth down the ravine and up to the railroad 
was very handsome, the firing and fighting being very hot. The 
Twenty-third looked on for a few moments at the first fight they 
had ever seen, which was taking place within 200 yards of them 
and nearly opposite their left flank. By the time the blue coats of 
the Fourth regiment disappeared entirely from our view, driving 
the rebels back through the underbrush which fills the ravine, the 
order came for the Twenty-third to rise and fix bayonets, and 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


13 


immediately afterward the order was given, left face, column right, 
double quick, and away they went along the right bank of the 
ravine and in column of fours, directly on the railroad embankment. 
They had hardly risen before they were opened upon by 18 guns, 
and from that moment until they reached the shelter of the railroad 
embankment, driving the enemy helter skelter before them, they 
were subjected to a most terrible fire of artillery and small arms. 
Just before the regiment changed formation from column to line of 
battle, one shell burst in the ranks of Company K and wounded 10 
men, and but for the fact that the aim of the rebel artillerists was a 
little too high, I do not believe it would have been possible for the 
regiment to have made the magificent charge that it did. Just as 
the left of the regiment reached the embankment, the order was 
given, right face, left wheel, which brought the regiment by wheel 
up to the railroad embankment, and in making this wheel they 
drove out and scattered before them all the enemy who were on 
our side of the embankment. Just before our line of battle reached 
the embankment, and when they were probably within 50 yards of 
the plunging fire of the artillery from the hills, which was very 
severe, and also the rifle fire from the enemy on the embankment, 
which was very deadly, some confusion ensued, and in fact a slight 
momentary panic, the line wavered and fell-back probably 40 or 50 
steps, and the right of the line crowded in towards the left so much 
as to force four companies down into the ravine. Almost instantly 
rallying they turned again, and in this turn, Capt. Jos. Ridgway of 
Company G, was instantly killed, and Capt. Samuel Carr of Com¬ 
pany C, Lieut. James F. Budd of Company F, and 25 men were 
wounded. Very steadily and very gallantly and under a heavy fire, 
the six companies which were on the right of the ravine advanced 
to the railroad embankment which was the position which they 
were ordered to take. The left of the six companies rested on 
the culvert and the officer in command, Maj. Grubb, went there 
instantly to communicate with the officer in command of the 


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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


Fourth regiment, Col. Hatch, his senior, who was of course then 
in command of the Twenty-third and the Fourth, they acting 
together. Col. Hatch crossed the culvert, walked through the riv¬ 
ulet to communicate with the commander of the Twenty-third, and 
as he did so several shots came through the culvert from the other 
side. In the conference which ensued between the two officers, 
Col. Hatch stated that he had just received orders from Col. Tor- 
bert to retire, as it was not desired to bring on a general engage¬ 
ment at that point. The two officers then agreed to withdraw their 
respective commands, one on one side of the ravine and one on the 
other. As Col. Hatch turned to go to his command across the cul¬ 
vert, and just as he was in the middle of it, he was shot through the 
thigh and fell bleeding into the water, friendly hands lifted him 
tenderly, though at a cost of two more wounded men, before he was 
beyond the reach of shot, and carried him to Falmouth where he 
died soon after. 

By the fall of Col. Hatch the command of the detachment of the 
Fourth and Twenty-third developed upon the commander of the 
six companies of the Twenty-third, Maj. Grubb, to whom an aid of 
Col. Torbert immediately brought an order directing him to with¬ 
draw, and this was done along the sides of the ravine, time being 
taken to pour one well-aimed solid volley at close range, into two 
small regiments of the enemy which had crossed the railroad below 
the ravine, and coming up expected doubtless to capture easily 
those within. This volley, aided by a similar one from the Fourth 
Vermont, which had been moved up below the ravine, broke the 
enemy and caused them to retire beyond the embankment. The 
Twenty-third was conducted back to its positon in the cornfield and 
remained that night on the edge of the deep ravine through which 
it had marched in the morning. 

On the following morning the men were relieved and fell back to 
the shelter of the bluff, where the line was re-formed and marched 
to the place of bivouac. Here the command remained until the 


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night of the 15th, when with the brigade, it re-crossed the river, and 
on the 16th encamped out of the reach of the rebel fire—on the 
20th reaching White Oak Church and going into winter quarters. 
The regiment encamped in a pine woods, which was gradually 
cleared away for the purposes of the camp, and remained there in 
shelter tents, beneath which the men made themselves more com¬ 
fortable by digging holes in the ground, some of which went down 
a distance of seven and eight feet. The regiment rapidly perfected 
itself in drill discipline, in brigade drills and brigade dress parades, 
which were here originated by Gen. Torbert, and in which the 
Twenty-third soon exhibited marked proficiency. 

On the eighth of January, 1863, orders were given to strike camp, 
and the regiment being drawn up in line of battle had Gen. Burn¬ 
side’s celebrated battle order read to them and proceeded to join 
in what is known as the “ mud ” march. After moving up the 
river beyond Falmouth, the regiment went into bivouac between 
four and five o’clock in the afternoon, in a pine woods along side of 
the road. As night fell it commenced sleeting, raining and snow¬ 
ing, and for the next two days the regiment had a most miserable 
experience, and the exposure and hardships of those two days in 
the sleet and snow in the pine woods without tents, caused the 
death and disablement of many a good man. On the morning of 
the second day, the weather cleared up but did not get cold, and the 
mud on the roads seemed to be practically fathomless. The 
Twenty-third was detailed to do duty in pulling the pontoons back, 
not from the river but from the roads near the river where they 
were stuck in the mud, and it will appear almost incredible, but it is 
nevertheless true, that the average possibility of 400 men on the 
ropes pulling one pontoon, was to move it 100 yards an hour. In 
several cases it was found necessary to give the men rations of 
whiskey when they had by almost superhuman efforts, succeeded 
in pulling the pontoon to the top of a small hill. 

Gen. Brooks and some of his staff attempted to cross the road 


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where the Twenty-third was working, but the General was thrown 
from his horse into the mud and very narrowly escaped drowning. 
Lieut. Col. Milnor, a few minutes afterwards, had almost precisely a 
similar accident. The mud holes through which the pontoons were 
dragged, were in some instances eight feet deep. The men worked 
from early morning until after the middle of the afternoon when 
the task was accomplished and the regiment was marched back to 
its old camp at White Oak Church. It was dismal work trying to 
make themselves comfortable, by cleaning the snow and sleet out of 
the holes that had been comfortable quarters until their shelter tents 
were removed and they were open to the weather; however, this 
was soon made better and the regiment re-commenced its daily 
routine of drill and picketing down the Rappahannock toward 
the left of the army, and furnishing details for corduroying the 
roads, which during that time, were being made down towards the 
river. 

At this time, on the ninth of March, E. Burd Grubb, who had 
been promoted to be Lieut. Col. on the 24th of December in place 
of Lieut. Col. George Brown resigned, was made colonel of the 
regiment, Col. Ryerson having been transferred to the Tenth New 
Jersey then doing provost-guard duty at Washington. On the 29th 
of April the Twenty-third regiment crossed the Rappahannock with 
the brigade two miles below Fredericksburg and took position in a 
line with the rifle-pits facing the enemy, and a little below the Ban- 
nard House, in which position it remained under occassional shell 
and picket fire, but without any serious engagement, until the 
morning of the third of May, when the Sixth Corps moved to 
assault the Heights of Fredericksburg. The following descrip¬ 
tion is taken from Foster’s narrative: “ Here, says one who par¬ 

ticipated in the engagement, the men at once became exposed to a 
shower of missiles, and all the horrors of desperate battle were 
revealed to view. Soon the terrible fire of the enemy began to take 
effect in the ranks—Captain Severs of Company C, being badly 


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wounded, and a number of the men more or less seriously injured. 
On the right, the storming party was seen steadily advancing up 
the Heights, and soon breaking into a run, the whole line swept 
over the works, and turning the guns upon the flying rebels, com¬ 
manded Fredericksburg and the Heights. The enemy thus driven 
from his position, the Twenty-third, with the brigade, was ordered 
to advance, and moving rapidly through Fredericksburg, proceeded 
some three miles along the plank road in the direction of Chancel- 
lorsville, steadily pushing the enemy before them.” 

At this time the Twenty-third was in column on the right of the 
brigade, and led going up the road which was fringed with thick 
pine trees, suddenly the right of the regimeat emerged from these 
woods. Here the road passed through wheat fields then clad in 
the early verdure of spring, and on the left-hand side of the road, 
about 500 yards from the edge of the woods, stood a farm house. 
Gen. Brooks, who was sitting on his horse in the middle of the road, 
directed Gol. Grubb to place his regiment in line of battle on the 
left of the road with the right of the regiment resting on the road. 
Col. Grubb gave the order, column left, on the right by file into 
line, and on riding into the field where his men were coming into 
line, he saw directly in front of them and at a distance of probably 
800 yards, a line of battle of the enemy, and in the garden of the 
farm house mentioned, he noticed several field pieces. The men 
came up rapidly into position, the colors and general guides were 
thrown out on the line, and j ust as the two wings of the regiment 
were deployed, the enemy opened fire with his artillery. The first 
shell killed the horse of the commander of the regiment, killed one 
of the color guard and severely wounded another, also wounding 
Lieut. Budd and several of the color company. Undismayed by 
this, the men came quickly into line and the order being given to 
move forward, went on a double quick. As soon as the regiment 
moved towards the artillery it was limbered up and driven along 
the road to a line of battle. The enemy moved back slowly and 


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sullenly and disappeared in the thick pine woods leaving only its 
skirmishers, who then briskly engaged the skirmishers of the 
Second which overlapped the front of the Twenty-third. The regi¬ 
ment passed a hedge where it was halted, and then moving forward 
again, was halted and given a moment’s breathing spell just at the 
edge of the woods into which the enemy had disappeared. Each 
man holding his piece at a “ ready,” they plunged forward into 
the underbrush and pine which was so thick that it was impos¬ 
sible to see into it at any distance at all. Going through this 
perhaps 20 yards they came suddenly upon a line of battle of the 
enemy standing ready for them at a distance of not over 60 yards 
away. It is difficult to say exactly which fired the first, the Colonel 
of the Twenty-third gave the order to fire the instant he saw the 
enemy and he thinks, and always has thought, that his men fired a 
fraction of a second before the rebels did. Charging instantly 
forward the line rushed up into the smoke of their own pieces and 
were met by a steady fire from the enemy, and here the battle 
raged with varying fortunes, the Twenty-third striving to reach 
the church which was full of the enemy, and enemy who were 
behind the church and thoroughly protected by a rifle pit, driving 
them back with great loss every time they approached it, this 
was carried on for some twenty-five minutes. The dust and 
smoke, shouts, cheers and groans, made a battle picture that 
none of those who were there will ever forget. Twice the men of 
the Twenty-third reached the front of the church, and some there 
are alive to-day who placed their hands on the lintels of the win¬ 
dows, but to enter the church would have been certain death. They 
fell back a few paces until some came up who were ready to try the 
desperate game. Thus the battle swayed to and fro, when finally 
Lieut. S. H. McCarter came to Col. Grubb and placing his mouth 
close to his ear, shouted to him that the left of the Twenty-third 
had been turned by the enemy; before the lieutenant had uttered the 
last word, a bullet from the church pierced his heart, and he fell 


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dead. At the same time an officer from the right company, called 
to the colonel that the right had been turned. The colonel went 
to the left of the regiment, ascertained that the One Hundred and 
Twenty-first New York, which had been on the left of the Twenty- 
third, was not in its place, and seeing imminent danger of capture, 
ordered the Twenty-third to fall back. This retreat was made in 
as orderly a manner as possible under the circumstances. The 
enemy did not advance immediately, but by the time the fragments 
of the First New Jersey Brigade had reached a distance of 100 
yards beyond the woods in their retreat, the enemy came to the 
edge of the woods and opened a deadly fire upon them. The 
colors of the Twenty-third were shot down twice; Lieut. Sibley of 
Company A, was shot dead while taking the colors up. Steadily 
and sullenly, and firing in the face of their pursuing foe, the men of 
the Twenty-third withdrew along the road until they reached a 
battery of light artillery perhaps 500 steps from where the battle 
had been fought, and here they halted and turned. The Second 
Division’of the Sixth Corps came up, and the enemy, which did not 
approach beyond the fringe of the woods, retreated into them, being 
probably prevented as much as anything else from pursuing, by 
the fact that the woods having caught fire from the battle were 
burning fiercely in their rear. “ On the following morning, the 
fourth, we fell back, with batteries in line of battle and infantry in 
support, ready for the coming fight. All day we lay here, our part 
of the line not being attacked until late in the afternoon, when a fierce 
assault was made, with which, however, we had nothing to do. In this 
assault, the enemy suffered terribly from our guns, his line seeming 
to melt away before their discharges until nothing was left. Just 
before dark, one company of each regiment was ordered to be 
deployed as skirmishers and thrown out one hundred yards in 
advance of the line. This detail was intended to be sacrificed, if 
necessary, to the safety of the corps, for, just after dark, orders to 
begin the retreat were given. The Twenty-third was among the 


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regiments honored with this detail as rear-guard. After the rest 
of the corps had proceeded the required distance/ we saw the 
artillery which had been stationed with us, limber up and go to the 
rear at a round trot, disappearing presently from view. At length, 
our orders came, and at a double-quick we moved from the field. 
Once we were halted, deployed, and preparations made for a com¬ 
bat in the dark, but the rebels gave up the pursuit, being probably 
fearful of an ambuscade, when our retreat was resumed and con¬ 
tinued until we arrived in the vicinity of United States Ford. Here 
the enemy came up with us, and during the remainder of the night 
maintained a desultory fire, but without any serious effect. So 
exhausted were the men on their arrival at the ford that they 
threw themselves on the ground without shelter or blankets and 
were almost immediately asleep. 

Just at dawn on the fifth we crossed the river, and about eight 
o’clock halted for rest, still in full view of the enemy, who soon 
opened fire, continuing it until noon—happily without inflicting 
any damage. Late in the afternoon we received orders to return to 
the river bank to prevent the capture or burning of the pontoon 
boats, which, though swung to our side, it was impossible to 
remove from the water, owing to the sharp pursuit of the enemy. 
Soon after taking position, rain began to fall, continuing during the 
entire night, and gradually increasing in volume until it seemed a 
very deluge. The men of course suffered the greatest discomfort, 
but with the morning the storm ceased, and a regiment appearing 
to relieve us, we marched to our starting point, whence on the fol¬ 
lowing day we proceeded to White Oak Church, in the vicinity of 
which we encamped, and for a brief season were permitted to rest. 

The loss of the Twenty-third in this action was, officers, four killed 
and seven wounded; enlisted men, 20 killed, 57 wounded and 31 
missing; a greater loss than that of any regiment in the brigade 
except the Fifteenth. 

On the last day of May, the regiment went out for a final tour of 


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picket duty, returning to camp on the third of June. All thought 
was now turned homeward and we were hourly in expectation of 
receiving orders from Washington, the term of service of the regi¬ 
ment expiring on the 13th of June. But hardly had we returned 
from picket, when it was rumored that we were again to be sent 
across the Rappahannock, at first this was deemed incredible, but 
the inevitable “ three days cooked rations ” were prepared and 
orders came to march at daylight the following day. 

“ The regiment then proceeded to the banks of the river, 
where it remained untilthe following day, when it crossed, 
and under cover of the ensuing night threw up a breastwork' 
extending along the entire front of our position in front of the 
city and Heights of Fredericksburg. The enemy, immediately 
upon discovering us, opened fire, but without inflicting any loss. 
Each day still further strengthened our works, and a couple of 
sandbag batteries for the mounting of some heavy guns, were fast 
approaching completion, when finally orders came for pur return 
to Beverly, to be mustered out. Accordingly we re-crossed the 
Rappahannock, and marched directly to Falmouth, going thence 
by rail to Belle Plain Landing, and from that point by steamer to 
Washington. In due time Beverly was reached amid general 
acclamations, and the men separated on furlough, awaiting the 
completion of the preparations for muster-out.” 

“ But the Twenty-third was to see further service before it was 
finally disbanded. Late in June the country was startled by the 
news of Lee’s advance into Pennsylvania, and the supposed danger 
of Harrisburg, the Capital of the State. Then a few days later 
came the stirring proclamation of Gov. Parker, appealing to the 
people and regiments not yet disbanded or in process of formation, 
to hasten to the aid of a sister State. When this appeal was issued, 
less than half of the members of the Twenty-third were in camp, 
but Col. Grubb promptly ordered the “ assembly ” and asked all 
who would follow him to step two paces to the front. Not a man 


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hesitated. Transportation was at once telegraphed for, but it was 
late in the day before it was furnished. In the dusk of the evening 
the regiment landed at Walnut street wharf in Philadelphia, and 
preceded by a band, marched through the crowded streets, greeted 
at every step by peals of cheers, to the Harrisburg depot, whence 
it being impossible to procure transportation, it proceeded to the 
corner of Twenty-seventh and Market streets, where it was quar¬ 
tered for the night. On the following morning, after some delay 
and a great deal of trouble, Col. Grubb succeeded in procuring a 
train of coal cars in which the men were stowed as comfortably as 
possible, and so carried to Harrisburg, now suppossed to be closely 
menaced by the rebels. Reaching the city, however, the men who 
had been so eager to get on, found no excitement whatever, much 
to their surprise. The Twenty-third was the first regimental organ¬ 
ization to reach the city, but strangely enough, it was coolly rather 
than enthusiastically received by the people whom it had made 
such haste to. defend. Soon after arriving, the regiment was 
taken out to the river front and set at work in throwing up rifle-pits 
to prevent the passage of the river, which at this time was very 
shallow. Here the men worked steadily, from the colonel down, 
but before the labor was completed, orders were received directing 
the return of the regiment to Beverly, and accordingly, the com¬ 
mand, without regret, quitted the inhospitable capital. Reaching 
Beverly, it remained until the 27th of June, when it was finally dis- 
olved, and the men who had fought and suffered in its ranks, 
went their several ways. 

New Jersey may well be proud of the record of the gallant regi¬ 
ment whose services are here bift imperfectly narrated. In every 
action in which it was called upon to take part, it exhibited distin¬ 
guished gallantry, and in the ranks, sadly thinned by the cas¬ 
ualties of the field, were soldiers whose names deserve to be 
written side by side with the best and noblest of the Republic. 
Many of the officers and men again, in other organizations, met the 


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nation’s foe, and fought through the war, some attaining high and 
deserved promotion. The Thirty-seventh New Jersey was largely 
composed of members of the Twenty-third, the Fortieth also drew 
many of its members from the same noble organization. The 
Third Cavalry took many more, while numbers still re-enlisted in 
the older regiments and earned fresh distinction on later fields.” 


During the delivery of his address the Colonel was frequently 
interrupted by bursts of applause or “ you’re right,” “ I saw that 
myself,” and other such expressions, showing the deep interest all 
felt in its delivery. After this all were invited to partake of a 
splendid collation, not of “hard tack” and bean soup such as we 
had at the “front,” but a “ set out ” such as only caterer Dubell 
knows how to get up, and to which all did ample justice. On 
re-assembling around the “ camp fire,” we were treated to a beauti¬ 
ful display of fire works by daylight, which afforded much amuse¬ 
ment to all, until called to order by the colonel for the purpose of 
forming a permanent organization. 

On motion a committee consisting of Captains Kirkbride, Risdon 
and Burnett were appointed to name the officers of the organization, 
who made the following report: 


For President, Col. E. Burd Grubb. 

“ Vice Presidents, Co. A, Serj. Alfred Inglin; Co. B, Lieut. S. 
E. Branin; Co. C, Capt. Samuel Carr; Co. D, Serj. A. I. 
Herbert; Co. E, Capt. A. W. Grobler; Co. F, Capt. E. H. 
Kirkbride; Co. G, Capt. H. C. Risdon ; Co. H, Capt. D. S. 
Root; Co. I, Serj. I. E. Shivers; Co. K, Corp. Thos. Black- 
mann. 

“ Secretary, Corp. E. K. Donaldson. 

“ Treasurer, W. B. E. Miller. 


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The report of the committee was adopted. On motion, Col. 
Grubb was appointed a committee of one to get up an appropriate 
badge. On motion, Capts. Kirkbride, Risdon and Burnett were 
appointed a committee to draft a Constitution and set of By-Laws 
for the government of the organization. At the suggestion of the 
President a motion was made and adopted that the next meeting be 
held at his residence on the third day of May, 1889. After which 
we adjourned to the mansion and listened to interesting speeches 
made by Col. Grubb, Lieut. Col. Brown, Captains Burnett, Kirk¬ 
bride, Miller, and Corp. Donaldson. On motion, Corp. Donaldson 
was selected orator for the next re-union. After which the meeting 
adjourned with loud praises on every lip for our splendid entertain¬ 
ment, and best wishes for the future happiness and prosperity of 
our beloved colonel, and a fervent prayer that the Great God that 
had brought us safely home from the war, and permitted us to 
meet in friendly re-union, will guard, guide and protect for all 
future generations the country and flag we all love so well. 

Too much praise cannot be given to Serj. I. E. Shivers and John 
P. Jones, of Company I, for the interest they took in bringing 
about this happy Re-union. 


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Edgewater Park, May 3d, 1889. 

Pursuant to a resolution adopted at a meeting of the survivors of 
the Twenty-third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, held at the 
residence of Col. E. Burd Grubb, at Edgewater Park, December 
13th, 1888, fixing the third of May of each year as the time for the 
Re-unions, about one hundred and fifty of the members of the 
regiment met, and on being called to order by the president, Col. 
Grubb, Corporal E. K. Donaldson led in prayer. The records of 
the proceedings of our Re-union held December 13th, 1888, as 
kept by the secretary and Capt. Kirkbride, was read, and adopted 
as the minutes of our first Re-union. 

Col. Grubb then read over his address delivered on the 13th of 
December, that the members could make such corrections as might 
be needed. 

After the reading of the address, one of the most pleasing inci¬ 
dents of the day occurred, that of presenting to the gaze of the boys 
for the first time since the war, the State colors of the regiment, 
which had but recently come into possession of the colonel through 
a Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Atlantic City. 

This flag was presented to the regiment by the Sunday-schools 
of Burlington County, as the following from the Burlington Gazette 
of April, 1863, will show : 

“ REGIMENTAL COLORS. 

“ In order that each school in the county may have a clear un¬ 
derstanding of this voluntary testimonial of our Burlington County 
Regiment, we have annexed the following statement, and shall 
endeavor to have a copy delivered to each school, with a request 
that they take action in the matter at the earliest convenient time. 

“ Franklin Ferguson, 

“ Burlington, N. J.” 


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“ REGIMENTAL FLAG PRESENTATION. 

“ Arrangements are now being made, by which the Sunday- 
school children of Burlington County will present to the (Burling¬ 
ton County) that is, the Twenty-third Regiment New Jersey Vol¬ 
unteers a splendid stand of regimental colors, showing the desire 
that is in their hearts that this United Republic should be handed 
down to them, as it was to their fathers, untrammeled by the 
traitor’s hand. It is desired that every school in the county will 
participate in the offering, and make such arrangements as that each 
child may contribute, although it may be but the ‘ widow’s mite.’ 
Any person desiring to aid in this movement will have an oppor¬ 
tunity of so doing, and any contributions they may desire to make, 
if left with Franklin Ferguson, will be placed to the credit of any 
designated school. All schools are requested to participate. The 
colors are ordered, and will be of rich blue silk, 6 by 6J2 feet. On 
the front an oil painting of the coat-of-arms of New Jersey, with 
motto and inscription, ‘ Presented by the Sunday-school Army of 
Burlington County to the Twenty-third Regiment New Jersey 
Volunteers.’ On the reverse the United States coat-of-arms encir¬ 
cled by ‘ Fredericksburg,’ and the ‘ Twenty-third New Jersey Vol¬ 
unteers ’ on the ribbon in the eagle’s grasp; to be executed in 
Messrs. Horstman & Son’s artistic style. A union concert is 
proposed to be given in Burlington about the nth of March in aid 
of this patriotic memorial to our brave boys. This regiment has 
had no regimental colors. Any desired information will be given 
by Franklin Ferguson, Burlington, N. J.”—Dollar Newspaper, Feb¬ 
ruary 28th. 

“ REGIMENTAL COLORS FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD. 

“ At a meeting of the superintendents and those representing the 
several Sunday-schools of this city, it was thought advisable (for 
want of time to arrange a creditable concert) to change the pro¬ 
gramme, and take a voluntary offering from each school, of which 
the superintendent will give due notice. 


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“ The response to the proposition from other parts of the county 
has been, thus far, very satisfactory. As almost every school in 
the county is represented, either by a pastor, superintendent, teacher 
or scholar in the Twenty-third Regiment, we hope that every school 
will be represented in this patriotic testimonial. Individual contri¬ 
butions are invited.”—Dollar Newspaper, March 7th. 

“ Headquarters Twenty-third Regt. N. J. Vols. 

“ F. Ferguson, Esq. 

“ Dear Sir: Your favor of March 27th reached me on the first 
inst., but suffering from a severe indisposition I was unable to 
answer it. I can truly assure you it was a great disappointment to 
us all, on learning that we were to be deprived of the pleasure of a 
visit from you and your daughter, which we had so much counted 
upon. I sent to Falmouth our horse and cart for your baggage, 
and a horse for your use. 

“ I received the flag (complete) yesterday afternoon, and have 
shown it to a few of our officers. It has been very much admired, 
and I can say the Twenty-third has the handsomest stand of colors 
in this brigade. I regret exceedingly that you could not get here 
to present the flag to the regiment yourself.* I have been unable 
to send for it before. Lieut. Col. Grubb has kindly consented to 
present it to the regiment. I am still quite weak, and unable to 
present it myself, as I had intended, but as I was desirous that the 
regiment should have it at once, requested him to do it. With 
many thanks to you and the Sunday-school Army, on behalf of the 
regiment, for such a beautiful present, with the assurance to you 
and them that the Twenty-third will render a good account of 
themselves, and take good care of so valuable a charge, 

“ I am very truly yours, etc., 

“ F. W. Milnor, 

“ Major Twenty-third Regt. N. J. Vols.” 

* “ On the morning of our arrival in Washington an order was issued by 
Maj. Gen. Hooker, prohibiting civilians visiting the Army of the Potomac. We 
therefore so informed the major, and returned to our homes in a few days.” 



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“ Camp of the Twenty-third Regt. N. J. Vols. 

“ Near White Oak Church, Va., April 20th, 1863. 

“Mr. Editor: It is with no ordinary feeling that I sit down to 
chronicle a very pleasant affair that occurred at our camp day before 
yesterday, I allude to the presentation of the State colors gotten up 
for us under your auspices. It was an occasion that will long be 
remembered by us, not only because the banner was beautiful, not 
only on account of the monitions to duty it breathed, not only the 
past glories and honored memories it symbolized, though these 
things, in all their force, exerted their due influence, but as well 
that it spoke to our hearts of home, of warm sympathies and of 
loved ones we left in dear old Jersey. 

“ The flag was presented on behalf of the donors by our honored 
colonel, who, although not an orator, in the strict rendition of the 
term, gave us an address full of life, fire and energy, characteristic 
of the man. He spoke to us of the cause that brought this fine 
regiment into the service; of our duty to our country, and of his 
confidence that, even as we had not swerved from that duty in the 
past, he doubted not, if it was our fortune to again front the enemy 
on the field of battle in defence of the principles so dear to the 
hearts of all who wish well to the republic, the Twenty-third New 
Jersey will not disappoint the expectations of its friends. He spoke 
of the many kindly memories reproduced, of the prosperity and 
grandeur that characterized our common country, of the feelings of 
pride that surcharge our hearts as we remember the gallant deeds 
that make brilliant the pages of our history. He then turned to 
the other side, and his thoughts took another channel. There, 
emblazoned on its beautiful blue field, was the arms of old Jersey, 
and as we listened, our better feelings were excited, our hearts 
softened, and the sweet vision of home, and the tender associations 
thronged upon our minds. Oh! how doubly dear to us poor 
exiles from the companionship and bright smiles of welcome from 


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our wives and sweethearts was this remembrance from home! 
The flushed faces and filmy eyes of very many in the living walls 
that enclosed the precious gift, gave evidence that the home feeling 
was yet active in our hearts. Could the dear children, and ‘ those 
of older growth,’ who sent this token of their care, have appreciated 
the feelings the arrival of their beautiful present awakened, they 
would have felt amply compensated for their trouble and outlay. 

“ After Col. Grubb had concluded his remarks, he called from the 
color guard Corporal William B. Price, of Burlington stock, and 
gave him the flag in charge, saying, ‘ I appoint you lance sergeant, 
and do not say to you protect this color with your life, for that is 
nothing more than any of these (pointing to the regiment formed in 
hollow square) would do, but I do say, protect it as your honor, for 
to any here I trust honor is dearer than life.’ The fine band of our 
brigade now played the Star Spangled Banner, and then three 
cheers were proposed for the ‘ Sunday-school Army of Burlington 
County,’ and given with a will; then three for our popular colonel; 
three for the ‘ First New Jersey Brigade ;’ three for the best brig¬ 
adier in the service, Gen. A. T. A. Torbert; then by an outsider, 
three for the Chief of the Yahoos (Col. Grubb); then three for old 
Jersey. At intervals between the cheers the band gave us several 
airs, patriotic and others; the adjutant also read an order appoint¬ 
ing Lieut. Col. Grubb our colonel. This gives universal satisfaction 
in the regiment. Rarely has any man so completely centred the 
respect and goodwill of so large a regiment as has Col. E. Burd 
Grubb. In the evening the officers assembled at the colonel’s 
quarters and partook of some refreshments he had provided for the 
occasion. Songs, toasts, and the interchange of sentiment soon 
wore away the evening, and about 12 o’clock all retired to their 
quarters, and the festive scenes only live in the memory of the 
kindly feelings they engendered. 


“ Truly yours, 


T.” 


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[Extracts from a letter written by J. F. M. ( Com. Sergt. Twenty-third Regt.] 

“ Could you have been here on the occasion of the presenting of 
that beautiful flag, and heard the cheering, you would not have 
doubted but that every one of us were loyal. 

“ When I looked on that flag, that symbol of liberty, which cost 
our forefathers so much precious blood, and thought for a moment 
from whose hands it came to us, it made me shed tears of joy. 
God bless the noble Sunday-school Army! Proud am I to think 
that I am connected with a branch of it. That flag that the Sunday- 
schools of our county have presented to us as a token of their 
friendship for us will be carried to our graves on the battle-field to 
save our country if it be the will of Divine Providence/’ 

We have paid out on account of the flag or stand of colors, $115. 


We have received from the 

Burlington Presbyterian School, . . . $7.00 

Union Methodist Episcopal School, . 2.00 

“ Broad St. “ “ “ . 3.47 

“ Baptist School, .... 2.50 

Bordentown “ “ . . . . 5.21 

Medford Methodist Episcopal School, . . 2.05 

Delanco “ “ “ .92 

Vincentown “ “ “ . . . .60 

Beverly Presbyterian “ . . 3.00 

Mount Holly Baptist “ . . 3.00 

“ “ Presbyterian “ . . 1.88 


“ Several schools are preparing their contributions, and when we 
have heard from all the different schools (say by the first of June), 
we will publish a full report and send a copy to each contributor. 
We feel to hope that all the schools in the county will take a lively 
interest in the flag which has given so much satisfaction to our 
gallant Twenty-third.”—Burlington Gazette, April, 1863. 




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Col. Grubb then stated that both the regimental flags were in his 
possessson and his property, and that he prized them as the greatest 
of his earthly possessions, being, he said, perhaps the only instance 
on record of the war, that after the lapse of a quarter of a century 
the commanding officer of a regiment could say he possessed both 
stands of colors which his “ boys ” had fought so gallantly under. 


The Committee on Constitution and By-laws appointed at the 
last meeting made the following report, which on motion was 
adopted: 

CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE I. 

Section i. This Association shall be known by the name and 
title of the Re-union Society of the Twenty-third Regiment New 
Jersey Volunteers, and shall include every officer and enlisted man 
who has at any time served with honor in the regiment, and been 
honorably discharged therefrom, who shall have given his assent 
to the Constitution and By-laws of the society, and paid his initia¬ 
tion fee. 

Section 2. The objects of the society shall be to keep alive a 
spirit of patriotism; to imbue our posterity with a love of country, 
which shall at all times rise paramount to the ties of party; to 
revive and strengthen the ties of fraternal fellowship and sympathy 
formed by companionship in the regiment; to recall to mind the 
trials we had to encounter, as well as the many amusing incidents 
that went to make up the history of our late struggle; to perpetuate 
the names and fame of those who have fallen either on the field of 
battle or in the line of duty, and to collect and preserve for our 
children a record of the battles, marches, campaigns and skirmishes 
which the regiment passed through so honorably. 



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ARTICLE II. 

Section i. The officers of the society shall consist of a President, 
one Vice-president from each company, a Corresponding Secretary, 
a-Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, a Chaplain, and an Executive 
Committee of five. 

Section 2. These officers shall be elected annually at the Re¬ 
union of the regiment, and hold their respective offices one year, or 
until their successors are chosen. They shall be elected by ballot, 
by a majority of all the members present, except the Vice-presi¬ 
dents, who shall be chosen by the members of each company. 

ARTICLE III. 

Section i. The annual meeting of the society shall be held on 
the third of May of each year, except when that date comes on 
Sunday, in which event the annual meeting shall be held on the 
fourth. 

Section 2. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the trans¬ 
action of business. 


ARTICLE IV. 

This Constitution may be altered or amended by a vote of two- 
thirds of the members present at any annual meeting, provided due 
notice of the change contemplated shall be given at the previous 
meeting. 


BY-LAWS. 

Article i. Every officer and soldier of the Twenty-third Regi¬ 
ment New Jersey Volunteers who was honorably discharged there¬ 
from, desiring to become a member of this society, shall, upon 
giving his assent to the Constitution and By-laws, pay to the 
Treasurer the sum of one dollar as an initiation fee, and each year 
thereafter the sum of one dollar for annual dues, and shall thereupon 



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be entitled to a copy of the proceedings of the society when pub¬ 
lished, free of charge, and to all the other privileges of members. 
No member in arrears for dues shall be entitled to a vote in the 
society. 

Article 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the 
society, sign all drafts on the Treasurer for the payment of money, 
when so ordered by the society or the Executive Committee, and 
appoint all committees not otherwise provided by the society. In 
the absence of the President his duties shall be performed by one 
of the Vice-presidents, and in the absence of both President and 
Vice-president a President pro tempore, with like power, may be 
chosen. 

Article 3. The Corresponding Secretary shall, at the expense 
of the society, notify the members of the time and place of holding 
the annual meeting, by public notice at least one month before the 
time fixed for the said annual meeting; and shall also conduct all 
correspondence for the society. 

Article 4. The Recording Secretary shall attend all meetings 
of the society or Executive Committee, and record all their pro¬ 
ceedings in a book provided for that purpose, and preserve the 
books and papers belonging to the same. He shall draw upon the 
Treasurer for such money as may be ordered by the society or the 
Executive Committee, and perform such other duties as may be 
required of him, and at the expiration of his term of office deliver 
all books and papers belonging to the society in his possession to 
his successor in office. 

Article 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all 
moneys due the society, and pay the same out upon an order of 
the Recording Secretary, countersigned by the President, and at 
each annual meeting present a report of the receipts and expendi¬ 
tures, and at the expiration of his term of office deliver all moneys, 
books and papers belonging to the society to his successor in 
office. 


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Article 6. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to 
make all necessary arrangements for the annual meeting of the 
society; also to audit the accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer, 
and perform such other duties as the society may require of them. 

Article 7. The order of business at the annual meetings shall 
be as follows : Meeting called to order—Prayer by Chaplain— 
Reading of minutes—Collection of dues—Reading of communica¬ 
tions—Addresses—Reports of committees—Unfinished business, 
and new business. 

Article 8. These By-laws may be amended, altered or repealed 
by a vote of two thirds of the members present at any meeting. 


The society then proceeded to an election of officers under the 
Constitution with the following result: 

President, Col. E. Burd Grubb. Vice-presidents : Co. A, Sergt. 
Alfred Inglin ; Co. B, Lieut. S. E. Branin; Co. C, Capt. Samuel 
Carr; Co. D, Sergt. A. I. Herbert; Co. E, Capt. A. W. Grobler; 
Co. F, Capt. E. H. Kirkbride; Co. G, Capt. Henry C. Risdon ; Co. 
H, Capt. D. S. Root; Co. I, Sergt. I. E. Shivers ; Co. K, Corporal 
Thomas Blackman. Recording Secretary, Corporal E. K. Donald¬ 
son. Corresponding Secretary, B. P. Bussom. Treasurer, W. B. 
E. Miller. Chaplain, Rev. William T. Abbott. Executive Com¬ 
mittee, J. Ridgway English, Frank S. Gaskill, I. E. Shivers, B. S. 
Shreve and John P. J.ones. 

In the absence of the Treasurer Frank S. Gaskill was chosen to 
act temporarily. Corporal E. K. Donaldson gave notice of his 
intention to so amend the Constitution at our next Re-union as to 
admit to membership the son or sons of the members of the society. 
On motion, Chaplain W. T. Abbott was selected as the orator of 
our next meeting. 



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The orator of the day, Corporal E. K. Donaldson, then delivered 
the following 

address : 

We gather together to-day, my comrades, under the hospitable 
roof of our old leader, some of us after a separation of twenty-six 
years, to recall the old memories of camp and march and battle, 
and to renew the friendships born in adversity and sacrifice—friend¬ 
ships which a generation of time has not sufficed to destroy or even 
to weaken. This sentiment, I am sure, is borne out by the experi¬ 
ence of that never-to-be-forgotten re-union of the Twenty-third 
New Jersey on this spot in last December, when, for the first time 
since he led us in the memorable campaign of’62 and ’3 we gathered 
around our gallant colonel, whom we had never ceased to love and 
feel proud of, during all the years of separation since we were mus¬ 
tered out of the service in June, ’63. 

What a pleasure it was to look into the faces and grasp the 
hands of old companions in trial, and to be assured, by the hearti¬ 
ness of their greetings, that all the experiences and vicissitudes of 
life since those days of war had not weakened the friendships be¬ 
gotten and developed amidst the trials and sufferings and joys, too, 
of army life. And this pleasure we renew to-day, through the 
munificence of our honored colonel, whom, in your name, I pro¬ 
foundly thank for his noble-hearted generosity in inviting us to his 
beautiful home. 

I account it no small honor, my comrades, that you have selected 
me to speak on this occasion, and- I only regret that your choice 
did not fall on some one who has the tongue of an orator, and who 
might suitably speak to your hearts and re kindle therein the fires 
of patriotic enthusiasm, and help you to live over again, to-day, in 
memory and feeling, the scenes of which this occasion naturally 
reminds us. When I turn back, in my thoughts, to those early 
days when most of us were boys full of hope and courage, going 
forth from our homes with a great purpose in our hearts to stanj 


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by the dear flag or fall by it, there comes up before my vision a 
scene which none of us will ever forget, when in front of the old 
barracks at Beverly, we stood together as a regiment and were 
mustered into the service of the United States. It was one of those 
grand, beautiful days of early autumn, when we stood in the full 
radiance of an unclouded sky and sealed our allegiance to the stars 
and stripes; and I am sure that your memories are young enough 
yet to recall an incident that was at once beautiful, poetic and in¬ 
spiring. Just as the muster was about over, we looked up, and 
right over us we saw an American eagle, with wings outspread, 
circling again and again around and about us as if deeply interested 
in the ceremonies which linked ourselves to the fate of the country 
of which he was a fitting emblem. 

In spite of our civilization and culture there abides in the human 
soul a sense which is, perhaps improperly, called superstition, but 
which leads us to hail certain sights as good omens; and so, I can 
never recall that incident without a great deal of satisfaction ; as 
though it might have been providentially directed as a sign of the 
approval with which Heaven looked down, that day, upon the spec¬ 
tacle of ten hundred young men and boys laying their lives upon 
the altar of devotion to their country. 

Soon after this happened the battle of Antietam ; then came the 
call for reinforcements, and then our Beverly picnic was over, and 
one morning in September we steamed out from the wharf, where 
the farewells waved, and doubtless many a tear was shed until the 
steamer had borne the Twenty-third out of sight. 

It is not necessary to remind you of the scene at the Cooper re¬ 
freshment saloon in Philadelphia. That was Philadelphia’s spirit 
of patriotic appreciation of the soldier’s devotion, materialized in 
generous and delightful provision for a soldier’s ever-present appe¬ 
tite. Attractive tables abundantly laden; draped flags; patriotic 
mottoes; the cheery faces and hearty manner of benevolent men ; 
and the beaming and encouraging countenances and tender atren- 


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tions of good, true women, were an inspiration to us then, and are 
among our sweetest memories now. 

And this, boys, ended the romance. That night true soldier-life 
began, and we were loaded in box cars and shipped, with less pro¬ 
vision for comfort than is now made for cattle in transportation, to 
the capital. 

Our experience at Capitol Hill was short, yet quite long enough, 
and one morning, after wiping up the sidewalks of the capital all 
night, we were again shipped—(I will not say transported—perhaps 
loaded aboard the cars would be more accurate)—for Frederick City. 
The journey occupied, if my memory serves me, the best part of 
two days. When we started from Washington we were in box cars; 
when we got into Frederick we were in skeleton cars: when we 
started there were no windows in the cars; when we arrived , there 
was nothing but windows; and the frames on wheels were an elo¬ 
quent protest against insufficient ventilation ; and Uncle Sam cer¬ 
tainly respected our protest, for, from this time until the 27th day 
of the following June we never again had occasion to ask for more 
ventilation. We had all we wanted. We can, all of us, recall the 
many times when a box car would have been Heaven to us; but no 
box car was given us, and between us and the winds of heaven, and 
its storms, too, no obstacle more formidable than a strip of petticoat 
muslin was ever interposed. 

We commenced our shelter-tent campaign on the edge of Fred¬ 
erick City, where we spent probably a week or ten days feasting on 
the milk and pies with which that beautiful country abounded, and 
then started on our first march to Bakersville. It was new business 
to us, boys, and those knapsacks that had become plethoric in the 
luxurious life of a home camp, began to multiply their weight by 
the hours through which we tramped in the hot sunshine of that 
September day. I well remember piling up on the roadside, some 
good flannel underclothing, a fine shoebrush and other articles 
which, under the hallucination of aching calves and shoulders, I 


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imagined I could well do without; but evidently we did not all 
think alike, or feel alike, because the articles had scarcely touched 
the ground before they were added to the wardrobes of men who 
had cooler judgments as well as stouter limbs than myself. By the 
time we had reached Bakersville, and I had got broken in, I was 
ready to carry my extra flannels; but alas! I never again had the 
opportunity, and I afterward paid the penalty of my rashness by 
wearing Uncle Sam’s skin-scratching underwear. 

Arrived at Bakersville we at once became a part of the Army of 
the Potomac, and what an inadequate idea some of us had of that 
great army may be illustrated by my own greenness, which I am 
really ashamed to confess; but as this is history the only thing to 
do is to own the fact. 

The first night we were in camp I thought I would go out and 
look at the Army of the Potomac. 

My idea was that it was gathered into one grand mass, somewhat 
on the order of the camp of ancient Israel about the tabernacle; 
and I thought it would be a handsome sight at night when all the 
tents were illuminated. Well, I went out and looked, first one way 
and then another, but I couldn't find the army. Then I found a 
veteran belonging to the brigade, and said to him, “ Where is the 
Army of the Potomac ?” “ The Army of the Potomac ?” he said 

in surprise; “ Why, the Army* of the Potomac is scattered for more 
than twenty miles about here.” Well, I believe I got my first defi¬ 
nite idea, then, of what an army was. 

Not many days after our arrival at Bakersville, the Army of the 
Potomac moved, and we, of course, moved with it; and I do not 
know whether I am now the mofe “ moved ” to sigh or to laugh 
when I think of that first day’s march. I wonder if any of you for¬ 
get it ? 

We were on the left of the brigade and of course brought up the 
rear. Those old vet’s on the right thought they would work the 
green regiment that had come marching into camp at Bakersville 


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singing “ We’ll hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple-tree, as we go 
marching along—and they did work us. I tell you, boys, we 
didn’t sing much that day. Indeed, that day’s march spoiled our 
music permanently. Col. Grubb has already told us how he was 
sent out toward evening to hunt us up, and found the regiment 
about four miles long —(strung all along the road.) It was a sort of 
a go-as-you-please walking match between us and the rear-guard ; 
and I don’t know which of the two were the more devilled that 
day, they or we; I think they were. The road wasn’t wide enough 
for us, and we spread all over the fields on either side, as wild as 
jack rabbits; and the poor rear-guards were chasing us back and 
forth, and we were dodging them, and they swearing and cursing 
and fuming and worn out, and we mad and stubborn and tantaliz¬ 
ing—I never saw such a used-up set of men as those rear-guards; 
and although hardened to service, I’ll bet they got to camp that 
night more tired than ourselves. 

Well, we marched better the next day, and the next, and so on, 
until our turn came to lead the brigade, by which time we were in 
good marching trim, and warmed to our work , and gave those old 
vet’s on the left all they wanted to do to keep up with us ; and tra¬ 
dition hath it that the verdict of those old regiments was that the 
Twenty-third was “ no slouch!' 

The first real hardship we encountered was at the termination of 
that beautiful Indian summer weather during the first week in No¬ 
vember, when, one night we stopped under a leaden sky to go into 
camp at White Plains, in Virginia. It had been a toilsome all-day 
march, and many of the boys, too tired to stretch their shelters, lay 
down in their blankets under the open sky. That night we had our 
first snow-storm, and the next day was as cold as Greenland and 
we were as hungry as wolves. Here we experienced our first pinch 
of hunger; rations were short, and we never fairly caught up again 
until we went into winter-quarters at White Oak Church, about the 
20th of December. 


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I remember going out with a comrade to where the brigade 
butchers had been killing beef, where we found a couple of plucks 
which we eagerly seized upon as great spoils, and then picked off 
what little fat we could find sticking to the paunches, until our fin¬ 
ger-ends were nearly frozen, to fry the plucks with; then we came 
back to camp, proudly displaying our treasure, and proceeded to 
prepare our banquet. 

About this time followed a change of commanders, a change of 
base, and the forced march to Stafford Court House. We had 
scarcely made camp here when a rain-storm came on, lasting sev¬ 
eral dismal days. When, at last, the sun came out one afternoon, 
and some of us peeped out of our shelters to see his welcome rays, 
we saw, squatting near a puddle in front of his tent, Uncle Dick 
Jordan, whom many of you well remember, and singing out, in as 
close imitation of the frog as possible, “ Peek, peek ! Knee-deep ! 
Peek, peek! Knee-deep!” We concluded the storm must be at 
an end, and the sign did not fail. 

It was while we were lying at Stafford Court House, I believe, 
that that famous ration of molasses was issued to us which has 
become historic. There can be no reasonable doubt that Uncle 
Sam had become anxious lest we were living too high, and required 
a generous dose of physic, and knowing the soldier’s repugnance to 
medicine, had conspired with the surgeon and quartermaster to ad¬ 
minister jalap to the regiment in molasses as a convenient and 
attractive vehicle. 

Another memorable event at Stafford was the issue of our first 
ration of whiskey. To a good many it was just enough to be tan¬ 
talizing, and it is remarkable how the fumes stimulated the ingen¬ 
uity of some of the fellows, and how quickly they found themselves 
in the peddling business ;—hard tack for whiskey ; pork for whis¬ 
key ; sugar for whiskey. 

Some of the more persevering merchants drove quite a trade, and 
when night came they turned in with the delightful sense of several 


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jiggers aboard. The next morning found them with depleted hav¬ 
ersacks, but with delightful recollections. I make no comments, I 
simply state the facts. I think it was at Stafford that we had our 
first flour, and were initiated into the fine art of making slap-jacks. 
Oh ! don’t your mouths water when you think of them ? White as 
saffron; tender as leather, and dripping with gravy made of fried 
pork fat, flour and water, and seasoned to the taste. And then the 
skill which we soon acquired in turning them in the pan was just 
marvelous. Of course we had no yeast to raise them, and so we 
had to depend upon a process of aeration ; consequently the higher 
we could flap them in the air the lighter they would be; and no 
juggler could excel that sudden twist of the wrist that would send 
the cake flying up in the air, making a complete somersault and 
coming down—flap—in the pan on the other side. I suppose most 
of you have forgotten how, after we had gone into winter-quarters, 
and had log sides and chimneys to our tents, a few of us more skill¬ 
ful cooks used to hold the pan in the fire-place, flap the cake up. the 
chimney, skip outside the tent and catch it in the pan as it came 
down. I had almost forgotten this part myself, but am glad I just 
thought of it. 

It was at Stafford Court House too, that we learned the art of 
making rice-fritters. The recipe was quite simple, but the dish was 
certainly very fine. Hard tack , boiled tender and crumbled up; 
boiled rice stirred into the batter, then fried in a pan and eaten with 
sugar or some of “ those molasses.” Why, I am sure, if we had 
remained much longer at Stafford we would have become a regi¬ 
ment of chefs. I shouldn’t wonder if Vanderbilt’s ten-thousand- 
dollar chef learned his art at Stafford Court House. 

From Stafford we moved, in early December, to Devil’s Hole, 
where we lay on that bleak barren hillside for a week, and then in 
the grey dawn of one cold morning we struck tents after a hurried 
breakfast and started on the famous Fredericksburg campaign. I 
suppose the booming of those guns that morning, growing louder 


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and nearer the longer we marched, rings in the ears of your memory 
yet I well remember, when we were halted to rest, and to load 
our pieces, concluding that we were going into business now, I piled 
up all my letters in a heap and burned them up. A comrade with 
me had a store of love-letters, and I urged him to destroy them. 
At first he concluded he would; then—and you can’t blame him— 
he changed his mind, put them back into his knapsack, and there 
they remained, perfectly secure, until some Johnny Reb picked up 
his knapsack on that lost field of Fredericksburg, and doubtless 
entertained his messmates with the sweetness that was intended for 
only one good Union Soldier. 

The events of the Fredericksburg campaign have been vividly 
related by our colonel already; and yet it is difficult to pass by a 
scene that was of so much moment to us then, and his, doubtless, 
had a permanent influence on our characters. 

We left Devil’s Hole on Wednesday, took position behind Hex- 
amer’s battery on the north side of the river, bivouacked there 
that night, and on Friday morning crossed the pontoon bridge and 
took position just the other side of the river, where we advanced 
across the field and down into a ravine. 

I well remember how, when we came to the edge of the creek, 
the line halted, each man looking for stepping-stones on which to 
cross over dry shod, Col. Ryerson vainly shouting “ Forward!” 

While the line thus wavered, a shell whizzed over us and seemed 
uncomfortably close, and without the delay of another second, 
stepping-stones were at a discount and the line went forward, knee- 
deep through the cold stream with a prompt style that must have 
filled Col. Ryerson’s heart with admiration. Every man was aiming 
now for the opposite bank, and in less time than it takes to tell it, 
we were under its hospitable shelter. 

We had never heard the screech of a shell before, you know, and 
we thought nothing could exceed it until one fellow in Co. “A” 
was hit, and I believe he beat the shell at screeching; but he was 


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fairly entitled to the privilege, for, to his honor be it said, he gave 
the first “ Yahoo ” blood to his country. 

I remember while we lay there under fire, trying to console my¬ 
self with the thought that I did not feel at all afraid, but that the 
dreadful noise made me nervous; but I remember now, that when 
our own battery opened, right behind us, with deafening din , I quite 
enjoyed the racket. Somehow my nerves were soothed by that noise. 

That night (Thursday) we lay all night in the ravine, and on 
Friday morning moved forward and formed a line of battle, reliev¬ 
ing the Fifteenth New Jersey, and there remained, supporting our 
pickets all that day and night. The next morning (Saturday) we 
were relieved, changed our position and lay in line of battle behind 
a knoll, the enemy’s shells skipping over our heads and quenching 
their destructive desires in the river in our rear. 

I remember while we lay here in the afternoon, near the time 
when we became engaged, Col. Ryerson called for a vidette to ad¬ 
vance a few yards in front of the line. The man started with his 
gun, and the colonel called to him, “ Leave your gunand a good 
Dutchman in our company (G) sang out, “ Pring pack dot mush- 
tick.” (I might add that this same Dutchman was slightly wounded 
at Salem Church, but wanted to remain at the front, and went to 
the rear for treatment only when the captain insisted upon it; but 
it wasn’t long before he came back again with a chicken which he 
had taken prisoner.) 

In a few moments after the vidette had gone out the sharp crack 
of rifles grew nearer and more constant in our front; seven distinct 
beats on a bass drum ; the colonel’s prompt, decisive tones, “ At¬ 
tention ! Left face! Forward!” and the Twenty-third started in 
on the business for which they had enlisted a few months before. 
That was no sudden dash, my comrades! There was no fire of 
enthusiasm to carry us forward ; all the enthusiasm had oozed out of 
us while we lay for two days under fire; and the cold ground and 
damp nights had taken all the fire out of our blood- But we had 


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been facing the responsibility and were nerved up to hard duty; 
and I believe not a man hesitated when the order came. In a mo¬ 
ment’s time knapsacks were slung, the men were in line, marching 
by the left flank, on quick time and with bent forms. Not a voice 
was heard; duty was before us; death was before us, and every 
man felt the awful pressure of a solemn and dreadful reality. 

We followed the trail along the edge of that wooded ravine until 
we turned the curve which no one can ever forget, and Oh, God! 
how terrible! 

To ears untrained to the din of battle it sounded as if the earth 
were bursting asunder. The air seemed filled with exploding mis¬ 
siles (as indeed it was), ringing, crashing, blasting, filling the soul 
with an awful sense of destruction. Oh, that hell of fire ! To 
this day I can scarcely think of it without my blood running cold. 
But it was our baptism unto the sacred cause for which we were 
that day taking our lives in our hands. I often think that in that 
first experience of battle boys crystallized into men. I recall the 
sentiment of Col. Ryerson when, not long afterward, he presented 
us with our colors, he said that “ Men who could go through that 
heart of fire were true heroes.” And the truth of this sentiment 
was proven when, twenty-six years ago to-day, our gallant boy- 
colonel led his Quaker regiment into the battle of Salem Church. 
And I do believe that it experienced a severer test even, when, after 
our time was out, we marched over those ill-fated pontoons, antici¬ 
pating nothing but disaster; smarting with a sense of injustice, 
and yet loving our brave leader, our country, and our honor as soldiers, 
more than we loved our personal rights and our safety ; and I assure 
you, Col. Grubb, that I do not believe there was ever a time when 
your men were in better morale, or when they would have ventured 
farther or done more under your leadership, than they were ready to 
do when they stood face to face with a victorious foe, instead of 
being at their peaceful homes, as they had a right to be. Surely 
you had a proof of this when your boys, having returned home, 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


45 


cheerfully and enthusiastically followed you to the defence of Penn¬ 
sylvania when the same powerful foe had invaded her borders ; a 
service which you know, sir, the other regiments in rendezvous at 
Beverly at the same time flatly refused to render. But they hadn’t 
a brave boy-colonel to adore and follow to the death, as it was our 
fortune to have. While we were paying our respects for the last 
time to our old friend Gen. Lee on his side of the Rappahannock I 
did not hear a murmur, though we stood all night upon our arms, 
while the sappers and miners were throwing up a line of rifle-pits; 
and when, after two or three days, the order came to return to 
Beverly, we marched back over that pontoon bridge with a light 
step and proud hearts that beat high with the consciousness of 
having done true soldiers’ duty to the end: and I doubt if ever a 
commander returned from the front prouder of his boys than did 
our young colonel whose example had done so much to infuse into 
our hearts the spirit of the patriot soldier. And that must have 
been a glad day to him, indeed, when the citizens and the great 
men of Burlington County came together to do honor to the regi¬ 
ment which had come back from the war with bronzed faces and 
depleted ranks, and stronger characters and a glorious name. The 
only drawback to the complete enjoyment of that occasion was the 
sad memory of the graves so many of our brave boys filled, both 
at home and in that south-land where we had, most of us, experi¬ 
enced the first real trials of life. 

But I doubt whether there was ever a time when our dear com¬ 
mander felt prouder of his boys, or happier in their devotion, than 
on the 13th of December, 1888, when those same boys, with the 
old Yahoo spirit unabated, broke ranks before the door of his beau¬ 
tiful home and almost rushed into his arms in their glad joy to be¬ 
hold again, not only the old face and form, but the same old hat and 
uniform that they followed into battle on December 13th, 1862 and 
May 3d, 1863. 

And to-day, dear Col. Grubb, we come again, to renew our devo- 


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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


tion to you our leader and to our country in whose sacred cause 
you led us so well. 

The years have been speeding apace since those stirring days in 
which we learned to honor you ; the gray hairs have been gathering 
to us, as to you ; many of us are fathers of boys as old as we were 
when you led us; we have seen many changes in life; we have 
fought many of its hard battles, but as we gather about you to-day 
we are conscious that no change has been wrought in our attach¬ 
ment to, and honor for, yourself. During all the years since we 
parted with you at Beverly we have cherished only pride and affec¬ 
tion for you. 

We desire to congratulate you on the prosperity of which we 
have abundant evidence about us; on the good name which you 
have preserved so well; on the positions of honor and influence 
which you deservedly hold and have held ; and loyally and heartily 
do we wish you God-speed for the future; and may it be the happy 
pride of the old Twenty-third soon to see its gallant commander at the 
head of the government of the State of New Jersey ; and when your 
inauguration day shall come , you may certainly count upon a strong 
and enthusiastic “ Yahoo ” bodv-guard. 

On motion, a vote of thanks was given Corporal Donaldson for 
his very able and interesting address. 

The meeting then adjourned to the lawn, where ample provision 
had been made to satisfy the appetite of all present. After this the 
members of the society were massed on the beautiful bank near the 
river and photographed, all presenting pleasant countenances, 
showing they were well pleased with their day’s visit to this Re¬ 


union. 


MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY PRESENT AT THE RE-UNION AT EDGEWATER PARK, MAY 3d, 1889. 



















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47 


Field and Staff, 23d Regiment. 


No. Name. Rank. 

Remarks. 

i JOHN S. COX, Colonel. 

Resigned Nov. io, ’62. 

2 HENRY O. RYERSON, 

Lieut. Col. 2d Reg. July 1, ’62; 
Col. vice Cox, resigned; trans¬ 
ferred to loth Reg. Mar.26,’63. 

3 E. BURD GRUBB, 

1st Lieut. Co. D, 3d Reg. Nov. 
8, ’61; Major Nov. 24, ’62 ; 
Lieut. Col. Dec. 26, ’62 ; Col. 
vice Ryerson, transferred. 

1 GEO. C. BROWN, Lieut. Col. 

Resigned Dec. 25, ’62. 

2 FRANCIS W. MILNOR, “ 

Capt. Co. A, Aug. 26,’62; Maj. 
Dec. 26, ’62 ; Lieut. Col. vice 
Grubb, promoted. 

1 ALFRED THOMPSON, Major. 

Resigned Nov. 13, ’62. 

2 WM. J. PARMENTIER, 

Capt. Co. K, Aug. 26, ’62; Maj. 
vice Milnor, promoted. 

1 WILLIAM G. WINANS, Adjutant. 

Resigned Nov. 22, ’62. 

2 JACOB PERKINS, 

1st Lieut. Co. G, Aug. 26, ’62 ; 
Adj. vice Winans, resigned; 
resigned Jan. 14, ’63. 

3 SAMUEL W. DOWNS, 

1st Lieut. Co. G, Jan. 8, ’63; 
Adj. vice Perkins, resigned. 

1 ABEL H. NICHOLS, Qr.Master. 

2d Lieut, Co. G, Aug. 26, ’62. 

1 WILLIAM COOK, Surgeon. 

Resigned Feb. 13, ’63. 

2 LUTHER C. BOWLBY, 

Ass’t Surg. 4th Reg. Aug. 30, 
’62; Surg. vice Cook, resigned. 


1 DAVID G. HETZELL, Ass’tSurg. 

2 ROBERT W. ELMER, 

1 WILLIAM T. ABBOTT, Chaplain. 



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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


NON - COMMISSIONED STAFF. 


No. Name. Rank. 

Remarks. 

1 JOHN F. McKEE, Serj. Maj. 

Serj. Co. A ; Serj. Maj. Sept. 
14, ’62; promoted 2d Lieut. 
Co. C, Dec. 26, ’62. 

1 SAM’L BROWNE, Jr., 

Private Co. A; Serj. Maj. Dec. 
26, ’62; promoted 2d Lieut. 
Co. C, March 3d, ’63. 

3 A. B. SCATTERGOOD, 

1st Serj. Co. I; Serj. Maj. March 
10, ’63. 

1 EWD. L. DOBBINS, Qm. Serj. 

Serg. Co. I; Qr. Mr. Serj. Sept. 
14, ’62; promoted 2d Lieut. 
Co. I, Jan. 4, ’63. 

2 THOS. ALCOTT, Jr. 

Private Co. I; Qr. Mr. Serj. Feb. 
28, ’63. 

1 JOSEPH F. MOUNT, Com. Serj. 

Private Co. A ; Com. Serj. Nov. 
24, ’62. 

1 H. D. POLHEMUS, Hos. Stew. 

Private Co. C; Hosp. Steward 
Sept. 14, ’62. 


COMPANY A. 


No. Name. Rank. 

Remarks. 

i F. W. MILNOR, Captain. 

Promoted Maj. Dec. 26, ’62. 

2 PAUL R. HAMBRICK, 

1st Lieut. Co. A, ist Reg., Dec. 
9,’61; Capt. vice Milnor, pro¬ 
moted; Bvt. Maj. Mar. 13,’65. 

1 CHARLES SIBLEY, ist. Lieut. 

Killed in action, Salem Heights, 
Va., May 3, ’63. 

1 EDWARD RIGGS, 2d Lieut. 

Promoted ist Lieut. Co. G, Nov. 
29, ’63. 

2 H. H. GOLDSMITH, 

Private Co. B, 3d Reg.; 2d Lieut, 
vice Riggs, promoted ; pro¬ 
moted ist Lieut. Co. K, 15th 
Reg., May 4, ’63. 


I J. W. GOODENOUGH, 1st Serj. Serj. Aug. 25, ’62 ; 1st Serj. Jan. 

3 i» ’63. 

I JOHN F. McKEE, Sergeant. Promoted Serj. Maj. Sept. 14,’62. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


49 


No. Name. Rank. 

2 ALFRED INGLIN, Sergeant. 

3 GEO. W. KEMPTON, 

4 WILLIAM SEEDS, 


Remarks. 


Corp. Aug. 25/62; Serj. Dec. 1, 
’62. 


5 ELIJAH S. BROWN, 

6 F. L. TAYLOR, 


Corp. Nov. 1/62; Serj. Jan. 31, 
’ 63 - 

Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 
26, ’62. 


1 P. W. APPLETON, Corporal. 

2 BENJ. L. HANCOCK, 

3 WM. B. PRICE, Jr., 

4 B. S'. RICHARDSON, 

5 -AARON MEEKS, 

6 WM. A. SAMPSON, 

7 JOHN R. BOULTON, 

8 WILLIAM DUBEL, 

1 C. V. ATKINSON, Musician. 

2 SAMUEL SAILOR, 

1 JAMES I. NIXON, Wagoner. 

1 ADAMS, CHARLES Private. 

2 ALLINSON, WM. H. 

3 ASAY, AMBROSE 

4 BROWNE, SAM’L Jr., 

5 BURR, SAMUEL W. 

6 CHEESEMAN, J. E. 

7 CHEW, LEWIS M. 

8 CHIPMAN, THOMAS 

9 COLLINS, ISAAC 

10 COOMBS, CHAS. E. 

11 COOMBS, JAS. 

12 COSTILL, CHARLES 


Corp. Dec. 31, ’62. 

Corp. Nov. I, ’62. 

Corp. Oct. 31, ’62. 

Corp. Jan. 31, ’63. 

Corp. Jan. 31, ’63. 

Corp. Aug. 25, ’62; Mus. Sept. 
30, ’62. 


Promoted Serj. Maj. Dec. 26/62. 

1st Serj. Sept. 13,’62; Private 
Nov. 19, ’62. 


Corp. Sept. 13, ’62 Private Jan. 

1, ’63. 





5° 

No. 

13 

H 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

3 i 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

4 i 

42 

43 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


Name. Rank. 

CRAFT, SAMUEL T. Private 
ELLIOT, JOSEPH 
FALKENBURGH, HAYS “ 

FALKENBURGH, HENRY “ 

FOY, PHILIP 
GIBBS, ELIAS 
GILBERT, THOMAS 
HAMILTON, JOHN 
HILLIER, HENRY 
HORN, SAMUEL 
HORNER, GEO. W. 

HOOVER, ARTHUR 
HOOVER, SAMUEL 
JAMES, JOEL R. Jr., 

JONES, JOHN 
KERR, JOHN A. 

KING, BENNETT 
LAIRD, JAMES 
LEESON, JOHN 
LEONARD, JOHN 
LOWDEN, CHARLES F. “ 

LOWDEN, FREDERICK “ 

LOWDEN, WM. S. 

MALONE, WILLIAM 
McCULLY, ROBERT 
MEEKS, EDWARD 
MEGONIGLE, WM. H. 

MILLER, WM. F. 

MOUNT, JOSEPH F. “ Promoted Com. Serj. Nov. 24,’62 

MURRAY, JAMES 
NIXON, ELDRIDGE 


Remarks. 


Deserted Jan. 20, ’63; arrested 
and returned to duty Feb. 1 ,’63. 




No. 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

5i 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

1 

1 

n 

3 


OK THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


51 


Name. Rank. Remarks. 

PILCHER, THOMAS Private. 

POOLE, GEORGE S. 

POWELL, JAMES D. 

PROSSER, CHARLES S. “ 

REED, JOHN C. 

REED, JOSEPH 
RHOGAN, THOMAS 
RILEY, PATRICK 
SCHNABLE, CHAS. 

SCHUYLER, HENRY 
SHINN, EDWARD T. 

SMITH, ANTHONY 
SMITH, CHARLES B. 

SMITH, WM. H. 

STEWART, GEO. S. 

VREELAND, A. 

WELLS, ELI 

WILLIAMS-, CHARLES “ Corp. Sept. 13,’62; Private,Oct. 

3*. ’ 62 - 

YOUNG, JEDDIAH 

Discharged. 


EVI S. MILLER, Corporal. Discharged at Fairfax Seminary, 

U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., Va., 
Feb. 16, ’63. Disability. 

BURR, EDWARD Private. Discharged at White Oak Ch., 

Va., March 22,’63. Disability. 

CLAIRE, THEODORE R. “ Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Phila., Pa., Feb. 7,’63. 
General JDebility. 

CLARKE, CHARLES B. “ Discharged at Trenton, N. J., 

Sept. 9, ’64, S. O. 203, War 
Dep’t, A. G. O., Washington, 
D. C., June 10, ’64 ; deserted 
Jan. 20, ’63 ; arrested and re¬ 
turned to Camp. Feb. 1, ’63, 




52 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 

4 CLAYTON, J. H. 

5 OLIVER, JOSEPH P. 

6 CRAFT, LEWIS 

7 HORN, WILLIAM 

8 SCHUYLER, CHAS. R. 

Died. 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Discharged at Lincoln, U. S. 

Army Gen. Hosp.,Washington 
D. C., March 2, ’63. Disa¬ 
bility. 

Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., West Phila., Pa., Jan. 
24,’63. Disability. 

“ Discharged at Mt. Pleasant, U. 

S. Army Gen. Hosp. ; Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., Dec. 23, ’62. 
Disability. 

Discharged at Camp near. White 
Oak Church, Va., Jan. 9, ’63. 
Disability. 

“ Discharged at Trenton, N. J., 

Oct. 31, ’62. Disability. 


I LARZELERE. H. H. Musician. Died of fever, at White Oak 


1 CLIVER, JOHN 

2 FORCE, CHARLES 

3 RINES, MARK J. 

4 THROCKMORTON, C. 

5 WRIGHT, SILAS 

Deserted. 

\ CARR, THOMAS 


Church, Va., March 14, ’63; 
buried at Nat. Cemetery,Fred¬ 
ericksburg, Va., Div. B, Sec. 
D, grave 7. 

Private. Killed in action, Salem Heights, 
Va., May 3, ’63. 

“ Died of fever, at Burlington, N. 

J., April 1, ’63, while on fur¬ 
lough. 

“ Died of fever at White Oak 

Church, Va., May 7, ’63. 

Died of fever and Diarrhoea at 
at U. S. Army Gen. Hospital, 
Washington, D. C., March II, 
’63; buried at Military Asylum 
Cemetery, D. C. 

Died at U. S. Army Gen. Hosp. 
Washington, D. C., May 24, 
’63, of wounds received in 
action at Salem Heights, Va., 
May 3,’63; buried at Military 
Asylum Cemetery, D. C. 

Private. Deserted Dec. 16, ’62, at Camp 
Parole, Annapolis, Md.; ar¬ 
rested and assigned to Co. A, 
1st Reg., Dec. 21, ’63. 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


53 


COMPANY B. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


1 FRANCIS H. HIGGINS, Captain. Resigned Feb. 14,*’63. 

2 ELWOOD H. KIRKBRIDE, “ 2d Lieut. Co. F, Aug. 26, >62; 

1st Lieut. Co. D, Jan. 8, ’63; 
Capt. vice Higgins resigned. 

i SAMUEL E. BRANNIN, istLieut. 


1 LEWIS AYRES, 2d “ 

2 GEO. W. ARBUCKLE, 

1 AUG. A. MESSEROLL, ist Serj. 

1 CHAS. H. SOUTHWICK, Serj. 

2 NICHOL F. SMITH, 

3 EDWARD MOUNT, 

4 THOMAS STEVENS, 

1 JOHN MONCRIEF, Corp. 

2 JAS. P. MIDDLETON, 

3 JOHN N. CLYMER, 

4 ELLIS CLIFT, 

5 CHARLES G. FENTON, 

6 GEORGE GRIEB, 

7 CHARLES F. WILSON, 

8 CHARLES AYRES, 

1 JOSEPH EARLING, Musician. 

2 WM. A. HOLLOWAY, 

1 ADAMS, JAMES Private. 

2 ALLEN, AARON W. 

3 ALLSTON, SAMUEL 

4 AYRES, JAMES 

5 BAKER, AUGUST 

6 BARNARD, WM. H. 

7 BAUS, PETER 


Resigned Feb. 22, ’63. 

1st Serj. Co. K; 2d Lieut, vice 
Ayres resigned. 

Com. 2d Lieut. Co. G, April 18, 
’63; not mustered. 


Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. E, 
April 18, ’63. 

Corp. Jan. 1/63; Serj. Feb. 16, 

’63. 

Corp. Aug. 25, ’62; Serj. Jan. 
*. ’ 6 3- 


Corp. Jan. 1, ’63. 
Corp. Jan. 1, ’63. 
Corp. March 1, ’63. 





54 


HISTORY OF THE'RE UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. 

8 BARTHOLF, FRANCIS Private. 

9 BURK, HENRY N. 

10 CARMAN, DAVID H. 

11 CARR, CHARLES W. 

12 CARTY, JOHN 

13 CATHCART, THOMAS 

14 DENNIGER, JOHN 

15 DEWORTH, HENRY 

16 DOUGHERTY, PETER 

17 DOUGHERTY, PRIOR 

18 EMERY, PHILIP 

19 FENTON, CLEM. T. 

20 FENTON, WILLIAM I. 

21 GASKILL, JOB 

22 HARTMAN, SAM’L M. 

23 HARVEY, JAMES 

24 HENDRICKSON, THOS. " 

25 HERBERT. GEORGE W. “ 

26 HERBERT, JOHN B. 

27 HOLMAN, GEORGE 

28 HORNER. COLLINS 

29 IRETON, WM. G. 

30 JOBS, BENJAMIN 

31 JOHNSON, GEO. K. H. 

32 KEMBLE, CHARLES 

33 KEMBLE, WM. G. 

34 LEWIS, GEORGE W. 

35 LUCAS, JACOB W. 

36 MARCLASKEY, CHAS. “ 

37 McCLURE, LEONARD 

38 McLAIN, ROBERT 

39 MESSEROLL, ISAAC 


Remarks. 





No. 

40 

41 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

5i 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

1 

1 

2 

3 


OK THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


55 


Name. Rank. Remarks. 

MILES, JOHN Private. 

MINTLE, CHARLES 
MITCHELL, JACOB 
MULLHOLLAND, JOHN “ 

MURPHY, EDWARD 
NAYLOR CHARLES 
PETTIT, BENJAMIN 
RENNIE, HENRY 
RICHARDS, GEORGE 
RIGHTMIRE, AARON 
ROSSEL, THOMAS 
SMITH, JOHN 
SPRAGUE, JOHNSON 
STANMIRE, JOSEPH 
STANMIRE, THOMAS 
STETSON, WILLIAM 
STEWART, HENRY 
VAN NEST, EDW. B. 

VOORHEES, JOHN D. 

WADE, GEORGE W. 

WAITE, WILLIAM E. 

WALTON, GEORGE 
WEST, ARCHIBALD L. “ 


Discharged. 

GEORGE H. FENTON, Seri. Discharged atWhite Oak Church 

Va, Feb. 14,’63. Disability. 

CAPNER, HUGH Private. Discharged at 1st Div. Hosp. 

Alexandria, Va., Feb. 2, ’63. 
Disability. 

EMERY, JOHN “ Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Baltimore, Md., Jan. 
27, ’63. Disability. 

FERGUSON, WM. H. “ Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Frederick City, Md., 
March 13, ’63. Disability. 



56 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


4 GRASS, LEWIS 

5 MILES, PETER H. 


Private Discharged at Fairfax Seminary 

Hosp., Va., Dec. 16,’62. Dis¬ 
ability. 

u Discharged atWhite Oak Church 

Va., Feb. 23, ’63. Disability. 


6 ROGERS, DAVID G. 

7 SPRAGUE, WICK. 

8 THORN, DAVID 


Discharged atWhite Oak Church 
Va., March 18,’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 

Discharged atWhite Oak Church 
Va., Feb. 26, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged atWhite Oak Church 
Va., Jan. 30, ’63. Disability. 


Died. 


i WILLIAM ALLEN, 


Serj. 


Killed in action at Fredricks- 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 


1 JOHN L. ADAMS, Corp. 

2 CHARLES H. VENABLE, “ 


3 E. W. VANDERGRIFT, 


Died of Chronic Diarrhoea at 
White Oak Church, Va., Mar. 
13, ’63- 

Died of disease at White Oak 
Church, Va., Feb. 18, ’63; 
buried at Nat. Cemetery .Fred¬ 
ericksburg, Va., Div. C, Sec. 
B, grave 27. 

Killed in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 


1 BURTON, JOHN B. 

2 HANKINS, JOHN 

3 JAQUES, PETER L. 

4 McIntyre, daniel, 


Private Left in ranks sick while on 

march from Devil’s Hole, Va., 
to the Rappahannock, Dec. 
11, ’62; supposed dead. 

, { Missing in action at Salem 

Heights, Va., May 3, 63; 
supposed dead. 

• < Died of disease at Fenley, U. S. 

Army Gen. Hosp., Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., Dec. 3, ’62. 

.• • Died of Enteritis at White Oak 

Church, Va., March 12, ’63. 


5 SHREEVE, EDWIN A. 


Died of Gastritis at Windmill 
Point Hosp., Va., Jan. 21, ’63. 

Died of Dysentery at Devil’s 
Hole, Va., Dec. 14, ’62. 


6 SPEER, CHRISTIAN 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


57 


COMPANY C. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


1 SAMUEL CARR, Captain. 

2 GEORGE W. SEVER, 

i HENRY C. RISDON, ist Lieut. 


Resigned April 13, ’63. 

2d Lieut. Aug. 26, ’62 ; ist 
Lieut. Dec. 26, ’62; Capt. 
vice Carr resigned. 

Promoted Capt. Co. G, Dec. 26, 
’62. 


2 SAMUEL BROWNE, Jr. 

1 JOHN F. McKEE, 2d Lieut. 

2 WILLIAM HOLEMAN, 

1 SAM’L L. WRIGHT, ist Serj. 

2 THOMAS TAYLOR, 

1 CHAS. H. ESTILLE, Sergeant. 

2 CHAS. F. LINDSAY, 

3 HENRY C. WOODWARD, “ 

4 JOS. H. MULLINER, 

1 CHAS. H. ALCOTT, Corporal. 

2 SETH G. BATCHELOR, 

3 WILLIAM DURAND, 

4 DANIEL S. KEMPTON, 

5 JUDSON C. BOWERS, 

6 CHAS. C. ALLOWAYS, 

7 PATRICK GORMAN, 

8 JOHN LANNING, 

9 ELWOOD SHINN, 

1 GAVIN HAMILTON, Musician. 

2 ELWOOD WORRELL, 

1 JONATHAN THOMAS, Wagoner. 


Serj. Maj.; 2d Lieut. March 2, 
’63; ist Lieut, vice Severs 
promoted. 

Serj. Maj.; 2d Lieut, vice Sev¬ 
ers promoted; promoted ist 
Lieut. Co. G, March 2, ’63. 

Private Co. I; 2d Lieut vice 
Browne promoted. 

Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. H, Jan. 
8, ’63 

Corp. Aug. 26, ’62; ist Serj. 
Feb. 1, ’63. 


Corp. Aug. 26, ’62; Serj. March 
22, 63. 

Corp. Aug. 26, 62 ; Serj. Sept. 
26, ’62. 


Corp. Sept. 26, ’62. 
Corp. Dec. I, ’62. 
Corp. March 22, ’63. 
Corp. April 1, ’63. 
Corp. May 3. ’63. 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


58 


No. Name. Rank. 

1 ANDREWS, A. W. Private. 

2 BODINE, ALONZO M. 

3 BOTT, GEORGE S. 

4 BOKER, WM. H. 

5 BROWN, WILLIAM 

6 CLARK, BENJ. G. 

7 CLEVENGER, SAM’L. G. “ 

8 COLES. ELLIS B. 

9 COLLINS, DANIEL 

10 DORAN, WILLIAM E. 

11 ELLIS, THOMAS M. 

12 ESTILLE, ALEX. L. 

13 EVANS, SILAS B. 

14 FARLEY, JOHN 

15 FILER, JOSEPH K. 

16 FLENARD, ABEL R. 

17 FLENARD, JACOB 

18 GORMAN, JOHN 

19 GRIFFITHS, CHARLES “ 

20 GROOMS, JOSEPH S. 

21 HAINES, THEO. B. 

22 HAINES, WM. R. 

23 HANKINS, STEPHEN 

24 HARTSGROVE, ELIAS “ 

25 HAVENS, GEORGE P. 

26 HOWELL, JOHN P. 

27 JOHNSON, WM. J. 

28 KARG, ADAM 

29 KEMBLE, JOSEPH M. 

30 KINDLE, CHARLES 

31 KIRKBRIDE, JOSIAH R. “ 

32 LIPPINCOTT, JAMES 


Remarks. 




No. 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

4i 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

5i 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

63 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


59 


Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


LUCAS, MILES N. Private. 
MASSEY, CHARLES B. “ 
MATHIS, JAMES 
NEWCOMB, DANIEL W. ‘ 
NEWCOMB, WILLIAM 
PHARES, THOMAS H. “ 
PHILLIPS, JACOB 

PETERS, JOSEPH S. 

PLATT, BENJAMIN G. “ 
POLHEMUS, HENRY D. “ 

PRICKITT, MARK 
REEVE, HENRY 
REEVE, JESSE C. 

REEVE, OLIVER C. 

REEVE, WILLIAM 
RISDON, CHARLES S. “ 
SEAMAN, READER 
SHINN, JAMES P. 
STILLWELL, READ. N. “ 
STOCKTON, BURR E. 
STRICKER, WM.'H. 

SWAIN, SAMUEL S. 
TAYLOR, DAVID 
TAYLOR, SAMUEL S. 
TAYLOR, THOMAS T. 

VAN KIRK, THOS. 

WARREN, GEORGE R. 11 
WARNER, JOHN L. 

WARNER, SAMUEL 
WATERSTREET, DAN. “ 
WILLIS, JOSEPH 


Corp. Aug. 26, ’62; Private 
Sept. 25, ’62. 


Promoted Hosp. Steward Sept. 
14, ’62. 


Serj. Aug. 26, ’62; private Sept. 
26, ’62. 



6o 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 

64 WINTERS, FRANK. 

65 WISEMAN, WM. 

66 WOOD, AARON 

Discharged. 

i BENJ. S. SHREVE, 

1 BROOM, CHARLES 

2 FOLWELL, ISAAC R. 

3 RISLEY, SAMUEL 

4 TAYLOR, LEWIS S. 

Transferred. 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. 


Seri. Discharged at camp near Aquia 
Creek, Va., March 22, ’63. 
Disability. 

Private* Discharged at camp near White 
private. 0ak Church> Va>( April l6> 

’63. Disability. 

<« Discharged June 27, ’63, at 

Beverly, N. J. 

<1 Discharged at Reg. Hosp. Mar. 

16, ’63. Disability. 

•< Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Washington, D. C., 
Jan. 12, ’63. Disability. 


i JOHN BENNETT, 

Died. 


Corp. 


Transferred as a deserter to Co. 
G, 1st Cav. Reg., Nov. 14, 
’62. 


1 HAINES, CLAYTON 

2 JOHNSON, SAMUEL 

3 RAMBO, FURMAN 

4 WOODROW, ALFRED 

Deserted. 

1 CARTER, WILLIAM 

2 DENNIS, NOAH B. 

3 LOGAN, WILLIAM P. 


Private. Died of Typhoid fever at Wind¬ 
mill Point, Va., Jan. 26, 63. 

“ Died of Consumption at U. S. 

Army Gen. Hosp. Phila. Pa., 
Nov. 11, ’62. 

•• Died of Small Pox at White 

Oak Church, Va., Feb. 13, 

’63. 

“ Died of Diarrhoea at Judiciary 

Square U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., Washington, D. C., 
Feb. 16,’63. 


Deserted Sept. 20, ’62, at Bev¬ 
erly, N. J. 

Deserted Jan. 4, ’63, at U. S. 
Army Gen. Hosp., Baltimore, 
Md. 

Deserted Dec. 31, ’62, at U. S. 
Army Gen. Hosp. Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. 


OK THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


6l 


No. 


Name. 


COMPANY D. 

Rank. Remarks. 


i READING NEWBOLD, Captain. 

1 DAVID R. NEWBOLD, 1st Lieut. 

2 ELWOOD H. KIRKBRIDE, “ 


3 FORRESTER L. TAYLOR, “ 

4 EDWARD L. DOBBINS, 

1 CHAS. H. McINTYRE, 2d Lieut. 

2 Sidney h. McCarter, “ 


i AARON 1 . HERBERT, istSerj. 

1 RIDGWAY R. CURTIS, Serj. 

2 CHARLES S. PLATT, 

3 WILLIAM BORDEN, 

4 THOMAS PAGE, 

1 JOHN E. STRATTON, Corporal. 

2 WILLIAM H. BRANNIN, “ 

3 ALFRED BORTON, 

4 WILLIAM H. ASAY, 

5 CUNNINGHAM HARRIS, “ 

6 JOSEPH WOODWARD, 

7 ANDREW P. CARR, 

8 IVINS O. CHAFFEY, 

1 POINSETT CROSS, Musician. 

2 GEORGE LEE, 

i SAMUEL T. LETTS, Wagoner, 
i APPLEGATE, ALLEN E. Private. 


Died of Typhoid Fever at Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., Dec. 22, ’62. 

2d Lient. Co. F, Aug. 26, ’62; 
1st Lieut, vice Newbold, died; 
promoted Capt. Co. B, Feb. 
H, ’63. 

2d Lieut. Co. G, Dec. 26, ’62 ; 
1st Lieut, vice Kirkbride pro¬ 
moted ; promoted Cap*. Co. 
H, April 18, ’63. 

"d Lieut, Co. I, Jan. 4, ’63; 1st 
Lieut, vice Taylor promoted. 

Resigned Jan. 6, ’63. 

Serj. Co. B, 2d Reg; 2d Lieut, 
vice McIntyre resigned; killed 
in action at Salem Heights, 
Va., May 3, ’63. 


Corp. Nov. 1, ’62; Serj. March 
8, ’63. 


Corp. March 8, ’63. 
Corp. March 20, ’63. 
Corp. March 8, ’63. 
Corp. March 8, ’63. 


Wagoner Jan. 1, ’63. 


62 

No. 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

io 

11 

12 

13 

14 

i 5 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

3i 

32 

33 


HISTORY OK THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


Name. Rank. 

APPLEGATE. WM. H. Private. 
ARMSTRONG, FRANK 
ATKINSON, STACY L. 
BENNETT, GEORGE 
BOWKER, GARRET 
BOWNE, WALTER B. 

BOYD, JAMES 
BRANSON, LEWIS W. 
BRITTON, BENJAMIN 
BROWN, GEORJGE W. 

BURCK, MILES 

clair, charlp:s S. 

CLIVER, GEORGE S. 

OLIVER, JOSEPH K. 

CLIVER, THOMAS A. 
CRANMER, CHARLES 
CURREDEN, BENJ. 

DANLEY, ANDREW D. “ 
DANTHETY, CHARLES ” 
DAVIS, JOHN 
DENNIS, CHARLP:S 
DOOLEY, THOMAS 
DUNFEE, JONATHAN 
EM LEY, HOWARD 
ERVIN, JACOB 
EVANS, JAMES A. 
EVERHAM, GILBERT M. ‘ 
FENTON, GEORGE G. 

FIELD, JOHN W. 

GIBERSON, AARON 
GOODWIN, WILLIAM 
GRISCOM, ROBERT 


Remarks. 



OK THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS 


63 


No. Name. Rank. Remarks. 

34 HARTMAN, ANTH’Y Private. Cor P- Au g- 2 C ’ 62 ; Private 

J ’ Nov. 1, ’62. 

35 HAVENS, CHARLES 

36 HAVENS, SAMUEL 

37 HAVP:NS, THOMAS 

38 HAVENS, URIAH 

39 HOFFINGER, ERAS. S. “ 

40 HORNER, AARON 

41 HORNER, Jr. JOHN 

42 JOHNSON, JAMES B. 

43 LAMB, JOSEPH A. 

44 LUCAS,"EDWARD 

45 NORCROSS, GEORGE 

46 POINTSETT, HAR. E. 

47 POTTS, JOHN B. 

48 RIDGWAY, THOMAS S. “ 

49 ROCKHILL, THOMAS 

50 SCROGGY, HUGH 

51 SMITH, JAMES H. 

52 SOUTHARD, LEVI 

53 STILLWELL, GEO. E. 

54 STOUT, CHARLES N. 

55 SWAYNE, JOSEPH 

56 WARREN, GEORGE H. " 

57 WILES, BENJ. B. 

58 WINTON, AMOS 

59 WRIGHT, THEO. F. 

Discharged. 


I BENJ. P. BUSSOM, Corporal. Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp. Washington, D. C., 
Nov. 28, ’62. Disability. 

I CHALLENDER, SAM’L Private. Discharged atWhite Oak Church 

Va., March 22, ’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 


64 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 

2 DANLEY, WM. H. 

3 McGRATH, JOHN 

4 NORCROSS, JOSEPH A. 

5 STOUT, JOSEPH B. 

6 WRIGHT, HENRY B. 

Died. 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Discharged atWhite Oak Church 
Va., March 22, ’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 

11 Discharged at 2d Div. U. S. 

Army Hosp., Alexandria, Va., 
Feb. 14, ’63. 

Discharged at Washington, D. 
C., Jan. 21, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at Frederick City, 
Md., March 4, ’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 

• • Discharged atWhite Oak Church 

Va., March 22, ’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 


I JOHN W. TAYLOR, Corporal. Died of Chronic Diarrhoea at 
J White Oak Church. Va'., Mar. 


2 HARRISON DeCAMP 

1 BOYD, JOHN W. 

2 CRANE, JOHN B. 

3 FOX, SAMUEL L. 

4 GOODWIN, GEORGE 

5 HAVENS, READING, 

6 KEEN, WILLIAM 

7 LETTS, T. EARL 


5. ’ 6 3- 

“ Died of Typhoid Fever at U. S. 

Army Gen. Hosp., Freder¬ 
icksburg, Va., Dec. 12, ’62. 

Private. Died of Chronic Diarrhoea at 
White Oak Church, Va., Mar. 
5. ’63- 

“ Died at 1st Div. U. S. Army 

Gen. IIosp., Alexandria, Va., 
Jan. 1, ’63, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action at Freder¬ 
icksburg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 

Killed in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

“ Died of Typhoid Pneumonia at 

White Oak Church, Va., Apr. 
10, ’63. 

t 

“ Died at Salem Heights, Va., 

May. 10, ’63, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

“ Died of Chronic Diarrhoea at 

White Oak Church, Va., Jan. 
I 7 » ’63. 

“ Died of Typhoid Fever at 

Washington, D. C. Jan. 18, 
’63. 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


65 


No. Name. 

8 LIPPINCOTT, ELISHA 

9 POPE, SAMUEL 

10 REED, EDEN 

11 REED, DANIEL 

12 VANN, THOMAS 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private Died at U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., 
Washington, D. C, July I, 
’63, of wounds received in 
action at Salem Heights, Va., 
May 3, ’63. 

“ Died of Typhoid Fever at White 

Oak Church, Va., Jan. 5, ’63. 

“ Killed in action at Salem 

Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

“ Died of Typhoid Pneumonia at 

White Oak Church, Va., Apr. 
14, ’63. 

“ Killed in action at Salem 

Heights, Va., May 3, 63. 


COMPANY E. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


I AUG. W. GROBLER, Captain. Resigned Feb. 23, ’63. Disa¬ 
bility. 


2 HENRY A. COURSEN, 

1 ISAAC SHINN, 1st 

2 SAMUEL L. WRIGHT, 


“ 1st l.ieut. C. A, 7th Reg., Sept. 

5, 62; Capt. vice Grobler re¬ 
signed. 

_Jeut. Resigned Feb. 7, ’63. 

“ 2d Lieut. Co. H. Jan. 8, ’63; 

1st Lieut, vice Shinn resigned. 


1 ALFRED C. SEEDS, 2d Lieut. 

2 NICHOLL F. SMITH, 


Resigned April 7, ’63. 

Serj. Co. B; 2d Lieut, vice 
Seeds resigned. 


i M. V. HARGROVE, ist Serj. 

1 CHARLES HEISLER, Sergeant. 

2 A. F. LIPPINCOTT, 

3 BENJ. R. HAINES, “ Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. I, Apr. 

18, ’63. 


4 AARON S. ROBINS, 

1 F. I). WILSEY, Corporal. 

2 ABNER P. NIXON, “ 

3 FRANKLIN S. GASKILL, “ 

4 SAMUEL STACKHOUSE, “ 

5 BENJAMIN F. REID, 


66 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. 

6 AARON W. HAINES, Corporal. 

7 CHARLES H. CLIVER, “ 

1 JOSEPH TAYLOR, Musician. 

2 JACOB SHEMELEY, 

i DAVID PANCOAST, Wagoner. 

1 ALLEN, THOMAS Private. 

2 ANDERSON, WILLIAM “ 

3 APPLEGATE, JOSEPH 

4 BAKER, BASSIT 

5 BANFORTH, WILLIAM “ 

6 BISHOP, CHARLES 

7 BLOOM, JOHN 

8 BOZURE, JEREMIAH 

9 BROWN, JAMES 

io BUDD, ABRAHAM M. 
n BUDDON, JOSEPH 

12 CARROLL, JOHN H. 

13 CATHCART, SAMUEL 

14 CHAMBERS, ANDREW J. “ 

15 CHAMBERS, CHARLES “ 

16 CHANCE, CHARLES 

17 CLEVENGER, JON. 

18 CLEVENGER, JOSHUA “ 

19 CLIVER, JONATHAN 

20 COOK, WILLIAM H. 

21 DAY, DAVID 

22 DANLEY, LEWIS 

23 DEVINNY, ALEXANDER “ 

24 EARLY, RICHARD 

25 EARLY, WILLIAM 

26 EVANS, WILLIAM H. 

27 GARRET, WILLIAM N. “ 


Remarks. 



N >. 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

3 7 

38 

39 

40 

4i 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

5i 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


&7 


Name. Rank. Remarks. 

GOODWIN, VINCENT Private. 

GREEN, DENNIS 
HAMPTON, WILLIAM H. “ 

HARRIS, SAMUEL 
HARTSGROVE, JEFF. 

JOBS, BENJAMIN 
JOBS, JOSEPH 
JOHNSON, ELWOOD 
JONES, JOB 
JONES, THOMAS 
LAMB, GEORGE 
LEMON, ELIAS 
LEARY, JOHN O. 

LEWIS, WILLIAM 
LIPPINCOTT, GEORGE “ 

LOVELAND, JOHN C. 

LOVELAND, WILLIAM “ 

McGEE, WILLIAM 
MOON, WILLIAM H. 

MORTON, CHARLES H. “ Corp. Feb. 7, ’63 ; Private May 

21, ’63. 

MURPHY, BENJAMIN 
NORCROSS, SAMUEL 
PANCOAST, JAMES 
PANCOAST, STACY 
PEARCE, JOSEPH 
PEARCE, WILLIAM 
PHILLIPS, CHARLES 
PLATT, JOHN 
QUICKSALL, DANIEL 
RIDGWAY, SOLOMON 
SCROGGY, JAMES 



63 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


59 SOOY, DAVID E. Private. 

60 SOUTHWICK, JONATHAN “ 

61 STACKHOUSE, EDWARD “ 

62 STEVENS, THOMAS 

63 SWAIN, THOMAS 

64 SWEENEY, GEORGE W. “ 

65 VANDERVEER, SAM. 

66 WILLITS, JOSHUA 

67 WILLITS, NATHAN 

68 WILLIAMSON, AMOS 

69 WILSON, GEORGE H. 

70 WILSON, JOHN 

71 ZELLEY, GEORGE 

Discharged. 


1 BRITTON, RESTORE 

2 HAINES, GEORGE W. 


Discharged at Reg. Hospital, 
White Oak Church, Va., Mar. 
8, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at Frederick City, 
Md., March 6/62. Disability. 


3 HOSURE, STACY G. 

4 JONES, ABRAHAM 

5 LIPPINCOTT, JOEL 

6 McGEE, GEORGE 

7 McKELVEY, BENJAMIN 

Died. 


Discharged at Cliftburne U. S. 
Army Gen. Hosp., Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., Dec. 9, ’62. Dis¬ 
ability. 

Discharged at Reg. Hosp., 
White Oak Church, Va., Feb. 
16, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at Trenton, N. J., 
Dec. 1, 62. Disability. 

Discharged at Camp at White 
Oak Church, Va., April 15, 
’63. Disability. 

Discharged at Camp at White 
Oak Church, Va., March 17, 
’63. Disability. 


i WILLIAM A. WELLS, Corporal. 


Died of Typhoid Pneumonia at 
Windmill Point, Va., Feb. 7, 
’ 6 3 - 




OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


69 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


i BUDDEN, JOHN 


Private. 


Killed in action at Salem 
Heights,. Va., May 3, ’63. 


2 MALSBURY, WILLIAM 

3 RIDGWAY, AARON 


Killed in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

D’ed of Typhoid Pneumonia at 
White Oak Church, Va., Dec. 
25, ’62. 


Deserted. 


i MORAIN, WILLIAM 


Deserted Jan. 4, ’63, at Camp 
near White Oak Church, Va. 


COMPANY F. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


i SAMUEL B. SMITH, Captain. 

I JAMES S. BUDD, 1st Lieut. Killed in action at Salem 

Heights, Va., May 3, *63. 


1 E. H. KIRKBRIDE, 2d Lieut. 

2 JAMES O. GORMAN, 

1 ELLIS W. HAINES, ist Serj. 

1 WILLIAM COTTRELL, Sergeant. 

2 JAMES .L STRATTON, 

3 JOHN CONNOR, 

4 THOMAS HARKER, 

1 PETER CONNIFF, Corporal. 

2 WILLITT WALTON, 

3 JOSEPH ALLOWAY, 

4 gilbert W. KNIGHT, 

5 JONATHAN G. BOWKER “ 

6 RICHARD B. JONES, 

7 JESSE C. STACKHOUSE, “ 

8 CHARLES HAINES, 


Promoted 1st Lieut. Co. D, Jan. 
8, ’63 ; promoted Capt. Co. B, 
Feb. 14, ’63. 

ist Serj. Aug. 27, ’62; 2d Lieut, 
vice Kirkbride promoted. 

Serj. Aug. 27, ’62; xst Serj. 
May 9, ’63. 


Corp. Aug. 27, ’62; Serj. May 
9> ’63- 

Serj. June 2, ’63. 

Corp. Feb. 1, ’63. 

Corp. Feb. 24, ’63. 


Corp. May 9, *63. 


70 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. 

1 JOSEPH McKINNEY, Musician. 

2 CHARLES A. SMITH, 

i JOSEPH GLATTS, Wagoner. 

1 ADAMS, JOSEPH W. Private. 

2 ALBERTSON, C. W. 

3 ALLOWAY, AMOS 

4 ALLOWAY, JOSIAH 

5 BENNETT, WILLIAM H. “ 

6 BOWKER, WILLIAM H. “ 

7 BOZARTH, WILLIAM 

8 BRADDOCK, WILLIAM F. “ 

9 BRANNIN, GEORGE S 

10 BRANSON, SAMUEL 

11 BROWN, GEORGE H. 

12 BROWN, JOSEPH W. 

13 BURDSALL, WESLEY 

14 CLINE, JOHN W. 

15 CLINE, JONATHAN 

16 COOK, SILAS S. 

17 CRANE, IRA 

18 DARWOOD, WILLIAM C. “ 

19 DONOHUE, JAMES 

20 DONOVAN, PATRICK 

21 DORAN, HENRY 

22 DOWNS, WILLIAM 

23 EDWARDS, CHARLES 

24 EVANS, RICHARD B. 

25 EVERHAM, BENJAMIN S. “ 

26 FINCH, JOHN 

27 FINLEY, JAMES 

28 FISH, JOSEPH B. 

29 FOSTER, JAMES A. 


Remarks. 



No. 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

40 

4i 

42 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

5i 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


71 


Name. Rank. 

FRAMPUS, DAVID Private. 

GASKILL, ABRAHAM 
GIBBS, CHARLES 
GULICK, WESLEY 
HAINES, FRANKLIN J. “ 
HAINES, THEODORE S. “ 
HAMMOND, JOHN 
HENECY, JOHN 
HORNER, DANIEL 
IRELAND, JACOB 
JONES, DAVID S. 

JOYCE, EDWARD C. 

LUSTER, SAMUEL S. 
MATLACK, GEORGE W. “ 
McELVEE, DAVID 
NEVILLE, GEORGE 
NOLAN, WILLIAM 
PARSONS, ISAAC W. 

PEAK, EDWARD W. 

PEAK, JOSEPH 
PETERS, WILLIAM IT. 
PETTITT, CHALKLEY 
PLUM, SAMUEL 
POINTSETT, BUDD S. 
PRICKITT, IRA W. 

RAYNOR, CHARLES 
REEVE, LEVI P. 

RUBART, JOSEPH 
SHUMEN, JACOB 
SITSGREAVE, WILLIAM “ 
SMITH, WILLIAM H. 
UNCLES, JAMES 


Remarks. 



72 


HISTORY OF THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. Remarks. 

62 WHITCRAFT, JACOB Private. 

63 WHITCRAFT, SAMUEL “ 

64 WILLS, WILLIAM R. 

65 WILSON, NATHAN 

Discharged. 


I STEPHEN WARNER, Corporal. Discharged at Reg. Hosp., at 

White Oak Church, Va., 
Feb. 3, ’63. Disability. 

1 JOYCE, ALLEN, Jr. Private. Discharged at George Street U. 

S. Army Gen. Hosp., Phila., 
Pa., Jan. 30, ’63. Disability. 

2 PITTMAN, WILLIAM “ Discharged at Reg. Hosp., at 

White Oak Church, Va., Apr. 
16, ’63. Disability. 

Died. 


i WILLIAM A. SMITH, ist Seri. 

1 CHAS. B. BAKELEY. Sergeant. 

1 AUSTIN, AMOS S. Private. 

2 HAINES, JOSEPH M. 

3 HENRY, WILLIAM P. 

4 JONES, ELWOOD P. 

5 JOYCE, JOSHUA L. 

6 LANNIGAN, THOMAS 


Died at Salem Church, Va., 
May 9, ’63, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63 ; 
Corp. Aug. 27, ’62; 1st Serj. 
Feb. 1, ’63. 

Died at Potomac Creek Hosp., 
Va., June 2, ’63, of wounds 
received in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

Died of Heart disease at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Church, 
Va., Feb. 5, ’63. 

Missing in action, Salem Heights 
Va., May 3, ’63; supposed 
dead. 

Missing in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62; sup¬ 
posed dead. 

Killed in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 

Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Church, 
Va., Feb. 19, ’63. 

Died at Potomac Creek Hosp., 
Va., May 23, ’63, of wounds 
received in action at Salem 
Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


73 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Died at Harewood U. S. Army 
Hosp., Washington, D. C., 
Dec. 29, ’62, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13/62; buried 
at Military Asylum Cemetery, 
D. C. 

8 TETLOW, JOSEPH “ Died at 1st Div. U. S. Army 

Gen. Hosp., Alexandria, Va., 
Jan. 2, ’63, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 


No. Name. 

7 POOL, SAMUEL 


Deserted. 


I BRIGHTON, WM. “ Deserted April 29, ’63, near 

Fredericksburg, Va. 

COMPANY G. 


2 HENRY C. RISDON, 

1 JACOB PERKINS, 

2 EDWARD RIGGS, 

3 SAMUEL W. DOWNS, 

4 JOHN F. McKEE, 

1 ABEL H. NICHOLS, 

2 WM. C. STOKES, 

3 FOR. L. TAYLOR, 

4 WM. HAMILTON, 


Remarks. 

Killed in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 

1st Lieut. Co. C., Aug. 26, 62; 
Capt. vice Ridgway killed. 

Promoted Adj. Nov. 29, ’62. • 

2d Lieut. Co. A, Aug. 26, ’62; 
1st Lieut, vice Perkins pro¬ 
moted; resigned Dec. 31/62. 

2d Lieut. Co. K, Aug. 26, ’62; 
1st Lieut, vice Riggs resigned; 
promoted Adj. Feb. 17, ’63. 

2d Lieut. Co. C, Dec. 26, ’62; 
1st Lieut, vice Downs pro¬ 
moted. 

Promoted Qr. Mr. Sept. 16, ’62. 

1st Serj. Aug. 28, ’62 ; 2d Lieut, 
vice Nichols promoted: re¬ 
signed Dec. 19, ’62. 

Serj. Co. A; 2d Lieut, vice 
Stokes resigned; promoted 1st 
Lieut. Co. D, Feb. 14, ’63. 

Serj. Co. I, 2d Reg.; 2d Lieut, 
vice Taylor promoted; Com. 
1st Lieut. Co. H, April 18, 
’63 ; not mustered. 


No. • Name. Rank. 

i JOSEPH R. RIDGWAY, Captain. 


(( 


1st Lieut. 
(( 


u 


4 4 


2d Lieut. 

it 


I DAN. W. CLEVENGER, IStSerj. Serj. Aug. 28, ’62; 1 st Serj. 

May 19, ’63. 


74 

No. 

I 

2 

3 

4 

i 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

i 

2 

I 

I 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

io 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


JOHN'S. ASHTON, Sergeant. 

JOHN W. BRIGHT, 

CHARLES H. DEACON, “ Corp Aug. 28, ’62; Serj. May 

I 9> 63 - 


HENRY V. FENIMORE, “ 

ED W. K. DONALDSON, Corporal. 
WILLIAM A. AUSTIN, 
ANDREW J. MORGAN, “ 
ISAAC H. BISHOP, 

JOHN L. HUBBS, 

EZRA R. HULLINGS, 

JOHN W. BOYLE, 

THOMAS F. CAIN, 

CHARLES P. GILLES, Musician. 
WILLIAM S. SIMPSON, “ 
CHAS. HULLINGS, Wagoner. 
ADAMS, FRANKLIN Private. 
ADAMS, JOHN H. 

ADAMS, RICHARD S. 
ALLISON, JAMES 
ANDERSON, JOHN W. 
ATKINSON, STAFFORD “ 
BATES, BENJAMIN F. 
BECHTEL, FREDERICK “ 
BELL, JOB 

BESWICK, BENJAMIN J. “ 
BIRD, LAWRENCE A. 
BOWERS, JOHN C. 

BRIDGER, GEORGE E. “ 
CHEESEMAN, WILLIAM “ 
CLARK, SAMUEL C. 

COBB, TALLMAN 


Corp. March I, ’63. 
Corp. March I, ’63. 
Corp. May 19, ’63. 
Corp. May 19, ’63. 
Corp. May 19, ’63. 


Deserted Jan. 20, ’63; returned 
to duty April 8, ’63; Pres. 
Proc. 



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OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


75 


Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


COLLINS, HENRY Private. 
DAVIS, MICHAEL 
DEACON, AMOS 
DOOLITTLE, DAVID 
DUNN, WILLIAM H. 
FENIMORE, JOHN W. 

GARWOOD, WILLIAM H. " 

GILBERT, JOHN 
GILLJS, GEORGE P. 

HANNENGER, JACOB 
HORNBY, WILLIAM 
HORNER, RICHARD 
HUBBS, ALLEN 
HUBBS, SAMUEL 
JORDAN, RICHARD 
KESSLER, MAHLON G. “ 
KIPPLE, MOSES H. 

LAYTON, EDWIN 
LETTS, JOHN W. 
LIPPINCOTT, CHAS. P. “ 
LIPPINCOTT, THAD. W. “ 
LLOYD, WALLACE 
McHENRY, THOMAS 

McMullen, james 
McMullen, william h. “ 
MEEKS, ISAACHER B. “ 
MURPHY, SANDFORD 
NAYLOR, JOHN P. 

PAINTER, SAMUEL 
PERREGO, EDMUND S. “ 


Corp. Aug. 25, ’62; 
Mar. 1, ’63. 

Corp. Aug. 25, ’62; 
Mar. I, ’63. 


Corp. Aug. 25, ’62; 
Mar. 1, ’63. 


1st Serj. Aug. 25, ’62; 
May 19, ’63. 


Private 

Private 

Private 


Private 



HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. 


Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


47 PARKER, EDWARD C. Private. 

48 PERKINS, FRANK 

49 POWELL, WILLIAM T. “ 

50 PRICKETT, WATSON 

51 RISDON, JOHN 

52 SCOTT, BENJAMIN F. 

53 SEEDS, ALBERT 

54 SEVERS, JACOB 

55 SMITH, CHARLES 

56 SOUTHARD, CHARLES S.“ 

57 SOUTHWICK, GEORGE “ 

58 STACY, BENJAMIN 

59 STEVENSON, EZRA B. 

60 STOCKTON, ABRAHAM “ 

61 STOCKTON, SAMUEL R. “ 

62 STOCKTON, THOMAS W. “ 

63 UNSWORTH, JESSE B. “ 

64 VANSCIVER, ALBERT “ 

65 VANSCIVER, BENJ. H. 

66 VANSCIVER, GEORGE S. “ 

67 WARNER, CHARLES C. “ 

68 WILLIAMSON, H. 

69 WILMERTON, GEORGE “ 

70 WILMERTON, PAUL 

71 ZEIBER, JOSEPH 


Discharged. 


ESTWORTHY, WM. 


Discharged at Finley U. S. Ar¬ 
my Gen. Hosp., Washington, 
D. C., Mar. 6, ’63; disability, 


KRESLER, FRANKLIN 


Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Mar. 22, ’63 ; disability. 


3 STOKES, SAMUEL E. 


Discharged at West’s Building 
U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., Bal¬ 
timore, Md., March 30, ’63; 
disability. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


77 


No. Name. 

4 WELLS, JESSE 

Transferred. 

i BORDEN, ASA 


Died. 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Mar. 22, ’63; disability. 


<4 Deserted Jan. 20, ’63, near Wh. 

Oak Ch., Va.; arrested and 
assigned to Co. I, 5th Regt., 
to make good time lost. 


i ISAAC S. HEISLER, Corporal. 

1 BESWICK, CHARLES B. Private. 

2 DUBELL, GEORGE H. 

3 LOCKE, HENRY C. 

4 VANSCIVER, GEORGE W. “ 

COMPANY H. 

No. Name. Rank. 

1 HENRY A. McCABE, Captain. 

2 DAVID S. ROOT, 

3 FORRESTER L. TAYLOR, “ 

1 JAMES CARTER, 1st Lieut. 


1 SAMUEL L. WRIGHT, 2d Lieut. 

2 RICHARD J. WILSON 

1 REUBEN M. HARTMAN, 1st Serj. 


Died of typhoid pneumonia at 
White Oak Ch., Va., Feb. 15, 
’ 6 3 . 

Died of typhoid fever at White 
Oak Ch., Va., Mar. 20, ’63. 

Died of fever at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Dec. 26, ’62. 

Died at Salem Heights, Va., 
May 4, ’63, of wounds re¬ 
ceived in action May 3, ’63. 

Died at U. S. Army Gen. Iios., 
Washington, D. C., May 24, 
’63, of wounds received in 
action at Salem Heights, Va., 
May 3, ’63. 


Remarks. 

Resigned Dec. 31, ’62. 

1st Lieut. Aug. 26, ’62; Capt. 
vice McCabe, resigned; re¬ 
signed Feb. 16, ’63. 

1st Lieut. Co. D, Feb. 14, ’63; 
Capt. vice Root, resigned. 

2d Lieut. Aug. 26, ’62; 1st Lt. 
vice Root, resigned; dismis’d 
Feb. 24, ’63, G. C. M. Head¬ 
quarters Army of Potomac, 
March 8, ’63, 

1st Serj. Co. C; 2d Lieut, vice 
Carter promoted; promoted 
1st Lieut. Co. E Mar. 2, ’63. 

Serj. Co. B, 2d Reg.; 2d Lieut, 
vice Wright promoted. 


78 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


1 THOMAS McBREEN, Sergeant. 

2 JOSEPH E. RUE, 

3 E. B. SCATTERTHWAITE, “ 

4 SAMUEL B. WEST, 

1 F. B. FENNIMORE, Corporal. 

2 JOEL WAINWRIGHT, 

3 GEORGE HOWARD, 

4 SAMUEL S. BROWN, 

5 WILLIAM V. RAINEAR, “ 

6 SAMUEL GARRISON, 

7 RICHMOND AYERS, 

8 ELIJAH W. EARLING, 

1 HENRY BAZZLE, Musician. 

2 JOSEPH E. LIPPINCOTT, “ 

i MILTON O’NEIL, Wagoner. 

1 BIRD, HENRY Private. 

2 BISHOP, GEORGE S. 

3 BLAKESLEY, JOEL 

4 BLAKESLEY, WM. B. 

5 BOS HE, AUGUSTUS 

6 BROCKE, THEODORE F. “ 

7 BUZBY, CHARLES H. 

8 CARR, EDWARD 

9 CARTER, WILLIAM H. “ 

10 CONOVER, JOSEPH 

11 CRISPIN, THEODORE 

12 FISHER, GEORGE S. 

13 FOWLER, JAMP:S 

14 GAMBLE, THEODORE A. “ 

15 GILLEN, JOHN 

16 GODBEAR, WILLIAM 


Corp. Sep. 1, ’62; Serj. May 1 

’63- 

Corp. Sep. 1, ’62 ; Serj. Feb. 1 

’63. 

Corp. Sep. I, ’62; Serj. Feb. 1 
’ 63 - 


Corp. Feb. I, ’63. 
Corp. March 1, ’63. 
Corp. Feb. I, ’63. 
Corp. April IO, ’63. 
Corp. March 14, ’63. 
Corp. May 1, ’63. 
Corp. May 1, ’63. 



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OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


79 


Name. Rank. Remarks. 

GRISCOM, ALEX. H. Private. 

HACKNEY, WILLIAM H. “ 

HENDRICKSON, BENJ. E. “ 

HIBBS, JOHN 

HINCHMAN, EDWARD “ 

HOLMAN, EDMUND J. 

HORNER, ALFRED 
HORNER, FREEDONE 
HOWARD, SAMUEL 
JAMES, JOHN R. 

JOHNSON, WILLIAM A. “ 

KELLEY. RICHARD 
KIMBALL, JOSHUA 
KLEIN, FRANCIS 
KNOEBLE, FERDINAND “ 

LIPPINCOTT, JOHN 
LLOYD, EDWIN J. 

MASSEY, MATTHEW 
MATLACK, JOSHUA, Jr. “ 

McFarland, william “ 

MILLER, CHARLES 

MILLER, WILLIAM E. “ Serj. Sep. I,’6 2; Private May 
NILAN, PATRICK 
PANCOAST, GEORGE W. “ 

PENNOCK, WILLIAM A. “ 

ROGERS, EMERSON H. “ 

SEDLEY, LEWIS 
SHARP, GEORGE W. 

SHINDLEY, DANIEL 
SHINN, FRANKLIN 
SMITH, CHARLES 
SMITH, WILLIAM 



8o 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. Remarks. 

49 SOUTHARD, HENRY Private. 

50 SWAIN, CHARLES 

51 SWIFT, JOSEPH 

52 TERHUNE, CORNELIUS “ 

53 TOTTEN, ALFRED 

54 WARNER, WILLIAM H.H.“ 

55 WELLS, EMANUEL 

56 WORTHLEY, ALBERT 


Discharged. 


I JAMES A. WOOD, Sergeant. Discharged at camp near White 

J ° Oak Church, Va., March 22, 

’63; disability. 

1 JONATHAN J. RIDGE, Corporal. Discharged at camp near White 

Oak Church, Va:, Jan. 17, 
’63 ; disability. 

2 WILLIAM T. SMITH, “ Discharged at camp near White 

Oak Church, Va., Feb. 23, 
’63; Disability 


1 ELLIS, MICAJAH 

2 ENGLISH, JOHN R. 

3 ERRICKSON, BARZ. H 

4 HENDRICKSON, WM. E. 

5 LONGSTREET, JOHN 

6 REED, WILLIAM H. 

7 SCATTER WAITE, F. 


Private. Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp. Chester, Pa., Mar. 22, 
*63; wounds received in ac¬ 
tion at Fredericksburg, Va. 

Discharged at camp near White 
Oak Church, Va., April 15, 
’63; disability. 

Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., Phila., Pa., Feb. 17, 
’63; disability. 

Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., Newark, N. J., April 
21, ’63; disability. 

Discharged at Camp near White 
Oak Church, Va., Feb. 23, 
’63; disability. 

Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., Frederick City, Md., 
March 4, ’63; disability. 

Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 
Hosp., Phila., Pa., Dec. 24, 
’62 ; disability. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


No. Name. 

8 WILSON, WILLIAM H. 

9 WOOD, GEORGE W. 

Died. 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private Discharged at camp near White 

Private, 0ak Church) Va > Jan . 7> . 6s . 

disability. 

“ Discharged at Camp near White 

Oak Church, Va., March 22, 
’63; disability. 


i JOHN SWEESLEY, Sergeant. 
1 E. M. HENDRICKSON, Corporal. 

1 CRISPIN, JOSIAH B. Private. 

2 FISH, OBADIAH H. 

3 GARRIDAN, PETER 

4 GOODENOUGH, ELWOOD “ 


Died of typhoid fever at camp 
near White Oak Church, Va., 
Jan. 10, ’63. 

Died of fever at camp near Wh. 
Oak Church, Va., April 10, 

’ 63 - 

Killed in action at Salem H’gts, 
Va., May 3, ’63. 

Missing, in action at Freder¬ 
icksburg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62 ; 
supposed dead. 

Died at Broad St. U. S. Army 
Gen. Hosp., Phila., Pa., Jan. 
17, ’63, of injuries from being 
run over by railroad cars. 

Died of typhoid fever at White 
Oak Church, Va., Dec. 29, 
’62. 


5 HOLMAN, ASHER R. 

6 HULLINGS, GEORGE S. “ 

7 SCHOOLEY, SAMUEL C. “ 

8 WELLS, ISAAC 

9 WOOD, CHARLES 


Deserted. 


Died at 1st Div. 6th A. C. Hos., 
near Windmill Point, Va., 
Jan. 19, ’63. 

Killed in action at Salem H’gts, 
Va., May 3, ’63. 

Died of fever at White Oak Ch., 
Va., April 10, ’63. 

Died of fever at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Feb. 11, ’63. 

Died of inflammation of brain 
at Camp Parole, Annapolis, 
Md., Jan. 18, ’63; buried at 
Annapolis, Md. 


1 BURNS, WILLIAM 

2 CARTY, JAMES D. 

3 SCHWARZ, PHILIP 


Deserted Sep. 20, ’62, at Camp 
Cadwalader, Beverly, N. J. 

Deserted Sep. 20, ’62, at Camp 
Cadwalader, Beverly, N. J. 

Deserted Sep. 20, ’62, at Camp 
Cadwalader, Beverly, N. J. 


82 


HISTORY OF THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


COMPANY I. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


i JOHN P. BURNETT Captain, 
i ROBERT M. EKINGS, ist Lieut. 

1 WILLIAM FRAZER, 2d Lieut. 

2 EDWARD L. DOBBINS, 


3 BENJAMIN R. HAINES, “ 

1 A. B. SCATTERGOOD, ist Serj. 

2 JOEL A. MOORE, 

1 JOSEPH G. KING, Sergeant. 

2 ISAAC E. SHIVERS, 

3 THEODORE W. KAIN, 

4 JOHN B. GASKILL, 

1 JOHN W. TAYLOR, Corporal. 

2 SAMUEL A. DOBBINS, Jr. “ 

3 BENJAMIN AARONSON, “ 

4 JOSHUA P. ADAMS, 

5 CHARLES BELL, 

6 JOHN BAILEY, 

7 WILLIAM W. CURTIS, 

8 MURDOCK MACKENZIE, “ 

1 WILLIAM R. ROSS, Musician. 

2 JOHN CLEVENGER, 

i WILLIAM LUCAS, Wagoner. 

1 AKINS, THOMAS E. Private. 

2 ALLCOTT, THOMAS, Jr. “ 


Resigned Jan. 4, ’63. 

Serj. Aug. 26, ’62; Qr. M. Serj. 
Sept. 14, ’62; 2d Lieut, vice 
Frazer, resigned; promoted 
ist Lieut. Co. D April 18, ’63. 

Seij. Co. E; 2d Lieut, vice 
Dobbins promoted. 

Promoted Serj. Maj. March 10, 

’63. 

Serj. Sep. 1, ’62; 1st Serj. Mar. 
10, ’63. 

Corp. Sep. 1, ’62; Seij. March 
10, ’63. 

Corp. Sep. 1, ’62; Serj. Jan. 19, 
’63. 


Corp. Feb. 26, ’63. 

Corp. Feb. 26, ’63. 

Corp. Feb. 26, ’63. 

Corp. March 10, ’63. 

Corp. March 19, ’63. 

Mus. Oct. 31, ’62. 

Wagoner Oct. 31, ’62. 

Promoted Qr. Mas. Serj. Feb. 
28, ’63. 


3 ALLCOTT, WILLIAM H. ‘ 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


83 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


4 ALLINSON, JOHN C. Private. 

5 APPLEGATE, SAMUEL “ 

6 ATKINSON, STACY 

7 BARNES, SAMUEL G. 

8 BRIGGS, STACY 

9 BROOME, THOMAS N. “ 

10 COLES, JOSEPH L. 

11 COLLOM, HOWARD M. “ 

12 CONROW, JOHN M. 

13 CORNIFF, JOHN 

14 COWPERTHWAITE, W. “ 

15 COX, JASON F. 

16 DAVIS, JOSEPH B. 

17 EWAN, JOB 

18 FIELDS, JOHN G. 

19 FIFER, JOSEPH, 

20 FIFER, THOMAS 

21 FISH, CHARLES W. 

22 FORD, RICHARD B. 

23 GARDINER, CHARLES J. “ 

24 GIBBS, ABEL S. 

25 GIBBS, CHARLES B. 

26 HAINES, JAPHET 

27 HAINES, J. WOOD 

28 HAMMITT, JOSEPH H. “ 

29 HOFFMAN, GEORGE M. “ 

30 HOLEMAN, WILLIAM 

31 HOMAN, GEORGE 

32 JOBES, RICHARD 

33 JONES, JOHN P. 


Deserted Sept. 29, ’62; returned 
to duty March 18, ’63; Pres. 
Proc. 


Corp. Sept. 1, ’62; Private Feb. 
26, ’63. 


Seij. Sept. 1, ’62; Private Jan. 
19, ’63; promoted 2d Lieut. 
Co. C, April 18, ’63. 




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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. Rank. Remarks. 

34 KANE, THOMAS Private. 

35 KING, ISAAC A. 

36 LEWIS, FRANCIS 

37 LINDEL, JOHN 

38 MASON, WILLIAM H. 

39 MATLACK, GEORGE W. “ 

40 MEAD, ALONZO 

41 PETERS, CHARLES E. “ 

42 POWELL, CHARLES C. “ 

43 ROBINSON, WILLIAM H. “ 

44 ROCK, PATRICK 

45 RUTHERFORD, JOHN G. “ 

46 SAILOR, THOMAS 

47 SCATTERGOOD, JOHN K. “ 

48 SHARP, UBERTA 

49 STECKERT, THOMAS H. “ 

50 STILTS, HENRY 

51 STRATTON, JOHN W. 

52 THOMAS, ROBERT 

53 VANNOTE, WILBUR 

54 WELLS, JOSEPH A. 

55 WISHAM, CHARLES 

56 WRIGHT, SAMUEL B. 


Discharged. 


1 JOS. S. MALMSBURY, Corporal. 

1 ALLOWAY, JOSEPH S. Private. 

2 BARBER, BENJAMIN 


Discharged at U. S. Gen. Hosp., 
Phila., Pa., May 18, ’63. Dis¬ 
ability. 

Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., April 16, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., April 14, ’63. Disabil¬ 
ity. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


85 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


3 CORDERY, DANIEL S. Private. 


4 GRADY, MARTIN 


Discharged per S. O. 120, Par. 
30, War Dep. A. G. O., Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., March 17, ’64; 
deserted Jan. 21, ’63; arrested 
and sentenced to Fort Jeffer¬ 
son, Fla. 

Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Mar. ii,’ 63. Disability. 


5 GRISSOM, THOMAS 

6 HAINES, CHARLES, M. D. “ 


7 LOVETT, JOHN 

8 POWELL, TYLER B. 

9 RISLEY, CHARLES 

10 SWAIM, WILLIAM H. 

11 WING, PETER 

Transferred. 


Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Feb. 17, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged per S. O. 120, Par. 
30, War Dep. A. G. O., Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., March 17, ’64; 
deserted Jan. 21, ’63; arrested 
and sentenced to Fort Jeffer¬ 
son, Fla. 

Discharged at Columbian U. S. 
Army Gen. Hosp., Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., Jan. 17, ’63; dis¬ 
ability. Died Feb. 2, ’63, 
and buried at Military Asylum 
Cemetery, D. C. 

Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Mar. 7, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at McKim’s Man¬ 
sion, U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., 
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 9, ’63. 
Disability. 

Discharged at De. Camp, U. S. 
Army Gen. Hosp., David’s 
Island, N. Y. Harbor, April 
9, ’63. Disability. 

Discharged at White Oak Ch., 
Va., Mar. 11, ’63. Disability. 


i PLANT, LEWIS 


Died. 

i WM. EVERHAM, 


Deserted Jan. 21, ’63; arrested 
and sentenced by G C. M. to 
2 years’ hard labor at Fort 
Jefferson, Fla.; sentence re¬ 
mitted and assigned to 9th 
Reg. to serve remainder of 
term of service, S. O. 132, 
Par. 27, War Dep.. A. G. O., 
Washington, D. C., Mar. 30, 
’64. 

Corporal. Died of typhoid fever at Lovell 
U. S. Army Gen. Hosp., 
Portsmouth Grove, R. I., 
Jan. 26, ’63. 


86 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 

1 COER, JAMES B. 

2 GILBERT, GEORGE A. 

3 IVINS, JAMES G. 

4 MULLEN, JOHN 

5 WINTERS, NICHOLAS 

Deserted. 

i HOFF, CHARLES 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Killed in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62; bur¬ 
ied at Nat. Cemetery, Fred¬ 
ericksburg, Va., Terrace No. 
2, Grave 145. 

“ Died of typhoid pneumonia near 

Belle Plain, Va., Dec. 7, ’62. 

(( Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 

Hosp., White Oak Ch., Va., 
March 14, ’63. 

Died of consumption at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Ch., Va., 
April 12, ’63. 

Died of chronic diarrhoea at 
Finley U. S. Army Gen. Hos., 
Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 

’63. 

“ Deserted Sep. 15, ’62, at Ca 

Cadwalader, Beverly, N. J 


COMPANY K. 


No. Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


i WM. J. PARMENTIER, Captain. 
1 LEONARD H. ASHLEY, ist Lieut. 

1 SAMUEL W. DOWNS, 2d Lieut. 

2 EBEN. MONTGOMERY 

1 GEO. W. ARBUCKLE, ist Serj. 

2 CALEB J. MATTHIS, 

1 JOHN S. RISLEY, Sergeant. 

2 BENJAMIN LEEDS, 

3 ROBERT MARTIN, 

4 WILLIAM S. ALLEN 

1 JOB GIBERSON, Corporal. 

2 ANDREW J. FURRY, 

3 ELMER ADAMS, 


Promoted Major April 10, ’63. 


Promoted ist Lieut. Co. G Jan. 
8, ’63. 

Private Co. I, 2d Reg.; 2d Lt. 
vice Downs, promoted. 

Promoted 2d Lieut. Co. B Feb. 
22, ’63. 

Serj. Aug. 28, ’62; ist Serj. 
March 10, ’63. 


Corp. Sep. 2, ’62; Serj. Feb. 

25, ’63. 

Corp. Aug. 28, ’62; Serj. Mar. 
10, ’63. 


Corp. Oct. 25, ’62. 


No. 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

i 

2 

I 

I 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

io 

11 

12 

13 

H 

i5 

16 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


87 


Name. Rank. Remarks. 

JOS. SCHWICKERATH, Corp. Corp. Feb. 25, >63. 

JESSE E. BROOM, 

WILLIAM H. TRUAX, 

THOMAS BLACKMAN, “ Corp. Mar. 10, ’63. 

JAMES K. CONOVER, “ Corp. Feb. 14, ’63. 

FRANK LAWRENCE, Musician. 

ISAAC POWELL, 

JOHN PETERSON, Wagoner. 

ADARE, CHARLES H. Private. 

BATES, HENRY A. 

BERRY, WILLIAM H. 

BIRD, AZEL M. 

BRAGG, GEORGE H. 

BUTTERFIELD, LEVIN C.“ 

CLARK, DAVID C. 

COBB, JAMES 
COLEMAN, REUBEN H. •* 

CONOVER, CHARLES P. “ 

CONOVER, JOSEPH J. 

CORDERY, CLEMENT C. “ 

CORDERY, EDMUND 
CROWLEY, JOSEPH 
CURL, JOHN E. 

DRISCOLL, THOMAS 

FARLEY, PATRICK “ Lost right arm from gunshot 

. wound received in action May 

3, ’63, at Salem Heights, Va. 

FORD, CONSTANT C. 

FORD, GEORGE 
FORD, SAMUEL 
FORD, SAMUEL P. 

FORD, WILLIAM H. 

FORD, WILLIAM HENRY “ 


HISTORY OF THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


No. Name. 


Rank. Remarks. 


24 GALE, EDWIN A. Private. 

25 GASKILL, WILLIAM F. “ 

26 GIFFEN, CHARLES H. 

27 GREEN, GEORGE 

28 HEWITT, CLARK 

29 HEWITT, DAVID 

30 HIGBEE, JAMES T. 

31 JOHNSON, ALBERT 

32 JOHNSON, JACOB E. “ Corp. Aug.^28, >62; Private 

33 LEEDS, SOLOMON 

34 McMullen, charlp:s “ 

35 MILLER, JOHN A. 

36 MILLER, THOMAS S. 

37 OGBURN, BENJAMIN T. “ 

38 PARKER, GEORGE B. 

39 PETERSON, GRANVILLE “ 

40 PETERSON, JAMPIS 
4J PETERSON, JESSE 

42 PHARO, GEORGE W. 

43 REED, ALFRED H. 

44 ROSE, SMITH 

45 SMALLWOOD, ISAAC 

46 SOMERS, LEWIS 

47 SOPERS, REUBEN 

48 STRICKLAND, DAVID 

49 TAYLOR, LAFAYETTE 

50 WISHAM, JOSEPH 

Discharged. 

1 I HOS. S. ANDREWS, Corporal. Discharged at Harewood U. S. 

Army Gen. Hosp., Washing¬ 
ton, D. C., Feb. 19, ’63— 
wounds received in action. 


Serj. Sep. 2, ’62; Private Feb. 

25. ’63- 



No. 


Name. 


Rank. 


Remarks. 


I ADAMS, JAMES H. Private. Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

• Hosp., Newark, N. J., Mar. 

20, ’63—wounds received in 
action. 


2 FOUNCE, WILLIAM 

3 GALE, AMOS 

4 GALE, SAMUEL 

5 GOFF, WILLIAM 

6 HULLINS, WILLIAM 

7 MATHIS, REUBEN 

8 McANINNIE, JOSEPH 

9 MILLER, JONATHAN S. 

10 PRINCE, ALBERT 

11 WESTCOTT, JOEL W. 

Died. 

1 BIRD, JAMES B. 

2 BROOM, HENRY H. 


“ Discharged at Reg. Hosp., Wh. 

Oak Church, Va., March 10, 
’63. Disability. 

“ Discharged at Reg. Hosp., Wh. 

Oak Church, Va., March 22, 
’63. Disability. 

u Discharged at Convales’t Camp, 

Alexandria, Va., Feb. 6, ’63. 
Disability. 

“ Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Newark, N. J., Feb. 
28, ’63. Disability. 

“ Discharged in field by order of 

Col. Torbert, Oct. 21, ’62. 
Minor. 

Discharged at Reg. Hosp., Wh. 
Oak Ch., Va., March 22, ’63. 
Disability. 

Discharged at Convales’t Camp, 
Alexandria, Va., Mar. 26, ’63. 
Disability. 

« Discharged at IT. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Newark, N. J., April 
10, ’63. Disability. 

“ Discharged at U. S. Army Gen. 

Hosp., Phila., Pa., Feb. 4, 
’63. Disability. 

Discharged at Lovell U. S. Ar¬ 
my Gen. Hosp., Portsmouth 
Grove, R. I., March 13, ’63. 
Disability. 


Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Church, 
Va., Jan. 19, ’63. 

Died of typhoid fever at Armory 
Square U. S. Army Gen. Hos. 
Washington, D. C., Dec. 13, 
’62; buried at Military Asy¬ 
lum Cemetery, D. C. 

Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Ch., Va, 
April 20, ’63. 


3 COUCH, JAMES F. 


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No. Name. 

4 GASKILL, REUBEN 

5 GOFF, REUBEN 

6 REED, ISAAC 

7 RYAN, THOMAS 

8 THOMAS, JAMES 

9 WILSON, CHARLES H 


Rank. Remarks. 

Private. Killed in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 

“ Missing in action at Salem 

Heights, Va., May 3, ’63. 
Recorded at War Dept, as 
died same date. 

“ Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 

Hosp., White Oak Ch., Va., 
Jan. 2, ’63. 

Died of chronic diarrhoea at 
Emory U. S. Army Gen. Hos. 
Washington, D. C., Feb. 9, 
’63; buried at Military Asy¬ 
lum Cemetery, D. C. 

Died of typhoid fever at Reg. 
Hosp., White Oak Ch., Va., 
April 16, ’63. 

Killed in action at Fredericks¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, ’62. 



CA1T. GROBLER. COL. GRUBB. CAPT. CARR. CAPT. K1RKBR1DE. 













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9* 


ORIGINAL OFFICERS WITH SKETCHES. 


The following were the original commissioned officers of the 
Twenty-third Regiment: 

Colonel, John S. Cox; Lieut. Colonel, George C. Brown; Major, 
Alfred Thompson ; Adjutant, William G. Winans; Surgeon, William 
Cook; Assistant Surgeons, David G. Hetzel, Robert W. Elmer; 
Quartermaster, Abel H. Nichols; Chaplain, William T. Abbott. 
Company A, Captain Francis W. Milnor; First Lieut., Charles 
Sibley; Second Lieut., Edward Riggs. Company B, Captain 
Francis H. Higgins; First Lieut., Samuel E. Branin; Second 
Lieut., Lewis Ayres; Company C, Captain Samuel Carr; First 
Lieut., Henry C. Risdon; Second Lieut., George W. Severs; Com¬ 
pany D, Captain Reading Newbold; First Lieut., David R. New- 
bold; Second Lieut., Charles H. McIntyre; Company E, Captain 
Augustus Grobler; First Lieut., Isaac Shinn; Second Lieut., Al¬ 
fred C. Seeds; Company F, Captain Samuel R. Smith; First Lieut., 
James S. Budd; Second Lieut., Elwood H. Kirkbride; Company 
G, Captain Joseph R. Ridgway; First Lieut., Jacob Perkins; Sec¬ 
ond Lieut., William H. Stokes; Company H, Captain Henry A. 
McCabe; First Lieut., David S. Root; Second Lieut., James Car¬ 
ter; Company I, Captain John I. Burnett; First Lieut., Robert M. 
Ekings; Second Lieut., William Frazer; Company K, Captain 
William J. Parmentier; First Lieut., Leonard H. Ashley; Second 
Lieut., Samuel W. Downs. 

The following is a list of the original officers who resigned before 
the regiment was mustered out: 

Colonel John S. Cox, Lieut. Colonel George C. Brown, Major 
Alfred Thompson, Adjutant William C. Winans, Surgeon William 



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Cook; Company A, Second Lieut. Edward Riggs; Company B, 
Captain Francis H. Higgins, Second Lieut. Lewis Ayres; Com¬ 
pany D, Second Lieut Charles H. McIntyre; Company E, Captain 
Augustus Grobler, First Lieut. Isaac Shinn, Second Lieut. Alfred 
C. Seeds; Company G, First Lieut. Jacob Perkins, Second Lieut. 
William H. Stokes; Company H, Captain Henry A. McCabe, First 
Lieut. David S. Root, Second Lieut. James Carter; Company I, 
Second Lieut. William Frazer. 

Promotions from enlisted men : 

Private F. L. Taylor of Company A, to be Captain; Private 
Samuel Brown, Jr. of Company A, to be First Lieut.; Sergeants 
George W. Arbuckle of Company K, Edward L. Dobbins of Com¬ 
pany I, William Holman of Company I, Benjamin R. Haines of 
Company E, Charles H. Southwick, Nichol F. Smith and Augustus 
A. Messeroll of Company B, to be Second Lieutenants. 

Sergeants John F. McKee of Company A, and Samuel L. Wright 
of Company C, to be First Lieutenants. 

Promotions from other regiments, with their original rank: 

Captain Henry O. Ryerson of Company B. Second Regiment, to 
be Colonel. Second Lieut. E. Burd Grubb of Company C, Third 
Regiment, to be Colonel. First Lieut. Paul R. Hambrick of Com¬ 
pany A, First Regiment, to be Captain. Lieut. Henry A. Coursen 
of Company I, Seventh Regiment, to be Captain. Sergeant S. H. 
McCarter of Company B, Second Regiment, to be Second Lieut. 
Corporal R. J. Wilson of Company B, Second Regiment, to be 
Second Lieut. Private H. H. Goldsmith of Company B, Third 
Regiment, to be Second Lieut. 

Owing to the scarcity of mustering officers the regiment was 
detained at Beverly from the first until the thirteenth of September, 
when they were mustered into the United States service by Captain 
Royal; yet during the period of this detention for muster, to the 
honor of the organization be it recorded, not one case of desertion 
marred its fair fame, and during the time the regiment remained in 


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the service but four cases of desertion are recorded against it; 
these men, it afterwards appeared, were misled by the bad counsel 
of some men of older organizations in the brigade, and who accom¬ 
panied them in their mad flight from duty, the whole party, under¬ 
going incredible hardships and exposure, were finally captured and 
in punishment sent to the Dry Tortugas. 

SKETCH OF THE COLONELS OF THE REGIMENT. 

Col. John S. Cox was mustered as colonel of the regiment Sep¬ 
tember 13th, 1862, and resigned October 31st of the same year, 
never having seen any service. He was succeeded by Lieut. Col. 
Henry O. Ryerson of the Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteers. 

Col. Henry Ogden Ryerson was the son of the late Thomas C. 
Ryerson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey 
from 1834 until 1838. On the mother’s as well as father’s side he 
was descended from loyal stock. His father’s ancestors were con¬ 
nected w’ith the Society of Friends, and yet had their representative 
in the Quartermaster’s Department of the Revolutionary Army. 
His father did his tour of duty in the militia in the War of 1812, 
and the recoids of the State Historical Society sufficiently show 
the part taken by his mother’s family in the War of the Revolution, 
her father and uncles being field or staff officers in the Continental 
Army, and her grandfather one of New Jersey’s Committee of 
Safety. Her uncle, Aaron Ogden, was aid to Lafayette, and a 
trusted agent of Washington in connection with the affair of Andre 
and Arnold. 

Col. Ryerson was born at Newton, Sussex County, January 10th, 
1826, and was admitted to the bar in 1847. From that time until 
1855 he lived in Chicago, California and the Sandwich Islands; re¬ 
turning to New Jersey he practiced his profession until the breaking 
out of the rebellion. While engaged in some law business in Jer¬ 
sey City he saw the first call for volunteers, and at once on his 
return to his home in his native town, volunteered as a private. 


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Elected captain by his comrades, he led them to the field as Com¬ 
pany B of the gallant Second Regiment. At the battle of Gaines’ 
Mill, while in command of six companies of his regiment, having 
been promoted to major, he was severely wounded while in the act 
of rallying his men, falling with the colors in his hands. He was 
left on the field, where he remained ten days, three of them without 
food. Water, however, was plenty in the swamp, for one of his 
comrades paid a Confederate soldier ten dollars to drag him out on 
dry ground. That ten days’ exposure, and three weeks in a Rich¬ 
mond prison, gave him a fever, which aggravated his wound so that 
he was not able to return to his regiment until October first. With 
one wound still open he rejoined his regiment as lieutenant-colonel 
in time to take part in the engagement at Crampton’s Pass. 

Just as the army began to move towards Manassas, and on its 
arrival at Crampton’s Pass, October 31st, 1862, he was placed by 
Gen. Torbert over the Twenty-third Regiment, and received a reg¬ 
ular commission as colonel on the 12th of the following month. 
With this regiment he participated in the first battle of Fredericks¬ 
burg, where his bravery and coolness under fire will never be for¬ 
gotten by those who had the honor to serve under him. In this 
engagement, while seated on his horse, a solid shot that had nearly 
spent its force, passed in line with him, so close that his life was 
saved only by his throwing himself flat on his horse’s neck, the 
shot falling with a dull thump in the bluff behind him. Reaching 
down from his saddle he recovered his cap, without dismounting, 
which had fallen from his head in his effort to save his life, and 
then sat as composedly in his saddle as though nothing unusual 
had happened. On account of the short time the Twenty-third had 
to serve, he applied for and received command of the Tenth Regi¬ 
ment New Jersey Volunteers, with which he served with marked 
distinction. Being severely wounded in the head by a minnie ball 
in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864, he fell into the 
hands of the enemy, and died at Locust Grove Hospital, Virginia, 
May 12th. 


OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


95 


Col. Ryerson’s courage was conspicuous on all occasions. He 
never saw personal danger, and yet was scrupulously careful of his 
men in action, just as he was in camp, because he felt that he was 
responsible for their welfare, both to his superiors and to his coun¬ 
try’s cause. 

Col. E. Burd Grubb was born in the city of Burlington in the 
year 1842, and graduated from the college in that city in i860. 
At the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, he enlisted in Com¬ 
pany C, Third New Jersey Volunteers, for three years, and was 
mustered into the United States service as a second lieutenant of 
his company, June 13th, 1861, and afterwards as first lieutenant of 
Company D, Nov. 8th, 1861. 

This regiment formed a part of what is known- as the First New 
Jersey Brigade, noted for its bravery on every field of battle from Bull 
Run to Appomattox. As early as July, ’61, we find this young officer 
attracting attention for his devotion to duty. The “New York 
Times ” of that date, under the head of an article entitled “ The 
stuff that some volunteer officers are made of,” reads as follows: 

“ During the battle of Bull Run, the Third Regiment of New 
Jersey Volunteers, Col. Taylor, was ordered up the road, with 
orders to protect some ammunition at Burk’s Station. They went 
readily forward, longing to get into the fight, whose distant thun¬ 
dering reached their ears. Among these it was necessary to detail 
some men to protect the ammunition; and, to his regret, spoiling 
his hopes of the battle, Lieut. Edward B. Grubb, of Company C, 
Third Regiment, with a corporal and twenty-five men, was entrusted 
with this duty. The lieutenant is a boy—not, I think, yet of age— 
a son of E. B. Grubb, Esq., of Burlington, and an alumnus of Bur¬ 
lington College. He disposed his men, set out his pickets, and 
leaving the corporal in charge, ‘ turned in ’ for a little rest. The 
corporal awoke his lieutenant with the news, ‘ the enemy are upon 
us.’ In a moment he was out. Twenty of his men fell in with the 
troops that rushed by. He stood there, not knowing what it meant, 


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and determined to stand his ground come what would. The cor¬ 
poral and five men stayed with him. For more than an hour the 
rout rushed by, still they stood firm. A little while after came his 
regiment under the lieutenant-colonel, who ordered him to fall in 
with them in their retreat, as the army was routed and the enemy 
in full pursuit. ‘ No,’ said Lieut. Grubb, ‘ Col. Taylor put me here, 
and nobody but Col. Taylor shall take me aivay .’ And for a half 
hour more he stayed, every moment looking for death. But the 
colonel remembered him, and came to him ; and not until he had 
destroyed every particle of ammunition, did he leave his post, under 
the orders of his commanding officer. By this gallant action 
30,000 ball cartridges were lost to the enemy, and much other val¬ 
uable ammunition, which would have fallen into their hands, was 
destroyed. But best of all, it is an instance of highest courage— 
strict obedience, with no thought of personal result—which de¬ 
serves and has received notice and commendation. I am very sure 
that, when occasion offers, we shall hear the best things of Lieut. 
Grubb.” 

He received his first baptismal fire under the leadership of that 
one-armed hero and patriot, Gen. Phil. Kearney. During one of 
the battles on the Peninsula, Foster, in his “ New Jersey and the 
Rebellion,” says: 

“ A large force of rebels came out of the woods in our front, 
with six pieces of artillery and immediately opened fire. The 
position of the New Jersey troops at this time was a perilous one, 
being directly between the fire of the rebels, and that of the main 
body of our forces. The regiments of the New Jersey Brigade 
were quickly formed into line of battle, and Gen. Taylor immedi¬ 
ately sent one of his aids, Lieut. E. B. Grubb, up the road to Gen. 
Slocum’s headquarters for orders. The road which the aid was 
compelled to take was directly in range of the rebel batteries, and 
the ride was consequently a most perilous one; but he dashed on, 
reaching his destination safely. Not finding Gen. Slocum, he was 


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97 


compelled to return; but orders being imperatively necessary, he 
was again obliged to repeat his ride through that rain of shot and 
shell. With death staring him in the face at every bound of his 
horse, the gallant aid again went back, and this time succeeded in 
getting orders.” 

Col. Grubb served, not without distinction, on the staff of Gen. 
Taylor, being in all the engagements of the Peninsular campaign in 
which that officer participated, and was at his side at the second 
battle of Bull Run when he received his death wound. On Gen. 
Torbert’s assuming command of the brigade he was still retained 
on his staff, in which position he served with honor until he was 
sent to the Twenty-third as major to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Major Thompson, and was promoted to the lieuten¬ 
ant-colonelcy on the resignation of Lieut.-Col. Brown and to be 
colonel of the regiment vice Col. H. O. Ryerson, transferred to 
the Tenth New Jersey. 

Col. Grubb was the most popular officer of the regiment: while 
being a strict disciplinarian, almost bordering in some particulars 
on the martinet, he still managed to so ingratiate himself in the 
affections of his command that duty soon became with all a work 
of love. In both the battles in which the regiment bore a not un¬ 
distinguished part, he showed conspicuous courage, not asking 
his men to face any danger he was unwilling to share. It was due 
to him that the right of the regiment, when thrown into confusion 
by the terrible fire to which it was subjected, was rallied and led 
into the thickest of the combat at Fredericksburg. At Chancel- 
lorsville, always at the head of his regiment, mounted until his 
horse was shot from under him, then on foot, still animating the 
men and leading them on—himself the furthest in the front, and 
the last to leave the field—seeming to bear a charmed life, he 
moved from point to point, calm and cool, the men nerved to daring 
by his example, until further exertion no longer availed. 

After the return of the regiment, and their final muster out, the 


HISTORY OF THE RE-UMON SOCIETY 


men came flocking back to Beverly, on account of a rumor that 
Col. Grubb was raising the Thirty-fourth Regiment. He was ap¬ 
pointed in command of Post No. 2, Beverly, and afterwards raised 
the Thirty-seventh New Jersey, served with it before Petersburg, 
and was rewarded by the commission of “ Brigadier General by 
brevet,” for gallant conduct. 


[The following extract from a letter will explain itself.] 

Edgewater Park, December 14th, 1889. 
To Captain E. H. Kirkbride : 

My Dear Captain—I send you herewith the original order issued 
after the “ Battle of Salem Church.” This is the original paper 
written by me, which I took off the bulletin board (a tree) myself, 
a few days after the fight, and has been in my possession ever since. 
You can understand that I prize it beyond pearls and rubies. I 
suggest that you have it photographed, as I have no doubt that 
many of the men would like to see it. The date it was issued was 
May 6th. Do not let the order get away from you, and please re¬ 
turn it as soon as you are through with it. 

Very sincerely, 

E. Burd Grubb. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRI) N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


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The following is a fac-simile of the photographed order: 
Regimental Order No. 69: 

The commanding officer desires to compliment the regiment 
upon the gallantry displayed by it on Sunday last, and to return 
his thanks to the officers who so nobly seconded him on that occa¬ 
sion. It is true that, overwhelmed by a vastly superior force—out¬ 
flanked, outnumbered, and in imminent danger of capture, you were 
forced to retire from the unequal contest—but, that you fought 
bravely, the loss of nearly a third of your numbers, among them 
some of our best and bravest, sadly testify. With a tear to the 
memory of our noble dead, and with the most heartfelt sympathies 
for those who have been wounded, I cannot but feel well assured 
that if it shall be again our fortune to be tried in battle you will 
not forget that you are men, and Jersey men. 

E. Burd Grubb, 

Col. Commanding. 


OP THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


iol 



Twenty-third Regiment New Jersey Infantry Volunteers in the Civil 
War I made call therefor on the Adjutant General U. S. Army who 
has kindly furnished them to me and I inclose you herewith ver¬ 
batim copies of the lists as received; but I would direct your atten¬ 
tion to the notes I have made thereon which gives the record of 
the soldier as shown by the muster out rolls. Quite a number of 
men who are reported on the lists as “ killed ” were afterward dis¬ 
charged from the service; this is easily explained, however. These 
men may have been wounded and in the excitement of battle were 
thought to have been killed. 


Respectfully, 


William S. Stryker, 

Adjutant General. 


Headquarters Twenty-third Reg. N. J. V. 

In the field, Dec. 17, 1862. 


Sir :—I have the honor to report the following casualties in my 
regiment in the battle of Fredericksburg on the thirteenth day 
of December: 


Capt. Jos. R. Ridgway, 
Serj. William Allen, 


KILLED. 


Corp. E. W. Vandergrift, Co. B 
Co. G Pri. James B. Coer, “ I 

“ B “ Reuben Gaskill, “ K 


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HISTORY OK THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


WOUNDED. 


Pri. William H. Swaim, 

Co. 

I 

Capt. Samuel Carr, Co, 

. C 

Corp. Jos. S. Malmsbury, “ 

I 

1st Lieut. James S. Budd, “ 

F 

“ Andrew J. Furry, 

i i 

K 

Pri. Elias Gibbs, 

A 

“ William H. Truax, 

u 

K 

“ James Coombs, 

A 

Pri. James H. Adams, 

tt 

K 

“ David H. Carman, 

B 

“ Edwin A. Gale, 


K 

“ Hugh Capner, “ 

B 

“ William Goff, 


K 

“ Alonzo M. Bodine, 

C 

Wag. John Peterson, 

“ 

K 

“ Samuel S. Swain, “ 

C 

Pri. George Ford, 


K 

“ Charles Broome, 

C 

“ Joseph McAninie, 

“ 

K 

Corp. John E. Stratton, 

D 

Corp. Thos. S. Andrews, 


K 

Pri. John B. Crane, 

D 

MISSING. 



“ Levi Southard, 

D 

Pri. Thomas Stanmire, 

Co. B 

“ Joshua Willets, 

E 

“ James Adams, 

U 

B 

“ Joseph Tetlow, 

F 

“ Stephen Hankins, 

it 

C 

“ Samuel Pool, 

F 

“ Edward Lucas, 

(i 

D 

“ Daniel Horner, 

F 

“ William P. Henry, 

< < 

F 

Serj. William Cottrell, “ 

F 

“ Samuel S. Luster, 

(( 

F 

Pri. Joshua L. Joyce, 

F 

“ Edmund Cordery, 

“ 

K 

“ Edward C. Parker, 

G 

“ George Green, 

it 

K 

“ Charles H. Buzby, 

H 

“ Charles H. Wilson, 

it 

K 

“ Barzilla H. Erdickson, “ 

H 

Killed, 

5 


“ Obadiah H. Fish, 

H 

Wounded . 

36 


•“ Franklin Shinn, 

H 

Missing, 

9 


Pri. Charles Wood, “ 

H 


— 


“ Micajah Ellis, 

H 

Total, 

50 


Corp. Joseph E. Rue, 

H 





Very respectfully your ob’t sv’t, 

Henry O. Ryerson, 

Col. Comd’ng Twenty-third Reg. N. J. Vols. 
To L. Thomas, Adj. Gen’l U. S. A. 









OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


I 03 


Headquarters Twenty-third Reg. N. J. Vols. 
Camp near White Oak Church, Va., May 9, 1863. 

Report of killed, wounded and missing from Twenty-third New 
Jersey Volunteers. 


COMMISSIONED OFFICERS KILLED. 

1st Lieut. Charles Sibley, 

2d Lieut. Sidney H. McCarter, 
1st Lieut. James S. Budd, 


Company A. 

D. 

“ F. 


COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WOUNDED. 

Captain Paul R. Hambrick, 
George W. Severs, 
Reading Newboid, 
Samuel B. Smith, 

2d Lieut. Richard J. Wilson, 

2d Lieut. George W. Arbuckle, 


Company A, slightly. 

C, severely. 
“ D, slightly. 

“ F, “ 

H, severely. 
“ B, slightly. 


Total—3 killed and 6 wounded. 


E -MEN KILLED. 

Private Alfred W. Andrews, 
“ John L. Warner, 

“ Henry Reeve, 

“ Thomas Vann, 

“ Samuel L. Fox, 

“ Joseph A. Lamb, 

“ Eden Reed, 

“ William Malmsbury, 
“ Dennis Green, 

“ John Budden, 

“ Elwood P. Jones, 

“ Henry C. Locke, 

“ William H. Carter, 


Company C, discharged. 


C, 

C, 

D. 

D. 

D, discharged. 

D. 

E. 

E. discharged. 

E. 

F. 

G. 


H, discharged. 




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HISTORY OK THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


Private Alfred Horner, 

“ George S. Hullings, 

“ Ferdinand Knoeble, 

“ Edwin J. Lloyd, 

E -MEN WOUNDED. 

Private Silas W.right, 

“ John Leonard, 

“ Patrick.Riley, 

“ George K. H. Johnston, 

“ George Walton, 

Corporal Charles H. Alcott, 
Judson C. Bowers, 
Private Benjamin G. Clarke, 
Corporal William H. Asay, 
Joseph Woodward, 
Private Benjamin B. Wiles, 

“ Lewis W. Branson, 

“ Elisha Lippincott, 

“ Charles Havens, 

“ Reading Havens, 

Sergeant Aaron S. Robins, 
Corporal Franklin S. Gaskill, 
Private William N. Garret, 

“ Stacy Pancoast, 

Sergeant Benjamin R. Haines, 
Private Daniel Quicksall, 

“ Edward Stackhouse, 

“ Andrew J. Chambers, 

“ William Banforth, 

“ George Lamb, 

Corporal Jesse C. Stackhouse, 
Private William Bozarth, 


H, discharged. 

H. 

“ H, discharged. 

H, 

Company A, severely. 

“ A, slightly. 

A, severely. 

“ B, slightly. 

B, “ 

“ C, “ 

“ C, “ 

C, “ 

“ D, “ 

“ D, severely. 

“ D, slightly. 

D, severely. 

“ D, 

D, “ and prisoner. 

“ D, “ 

“ E, 

M £ 4< 

“ E, “ 

“ E, 

E, “ 

“ E, “ 

“ E, “ 

E, “ 

E, " 

“ E, “ 

“ ' F, “ 

F, “ 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


I0 5 


Private George H. Brown, 

Company F, slightly. 

“ Theodore S. Haines, 

“ 

F, severely. 

“ Thomas C. Lannigan, 

“ 

F, “ 

“ Budd S. Poinsett, 


F, 11 

“ Samuel Plum, 

“ 

F, “ 

“ Tallman Cobb, 


G, slightly. 

“ John H. Adams, 


G, “ 

“ Samuel Painter, 

“ 

G, “ 

“ George W. Vansciver, 

“ 

G, severely. 

“ Jacob Hannenger, 

“ 

G, slightly. 

Sergeant Edmund B. Satterthwaite, 

“ 

H, “ 

Coiporal Joel Wainwright, 

“ 

H, “ 

Private Henry Bird, 

“ 

H, “ 

“ William H. Hackney, 

“ 

H, *• 

“ Charles Swaim, 

“ 

H, “ 

“ Charles Smith, 

“ 

H, “ 

“ William Smith, 

“ 

H, 

Sergeant Isaac E. Shivers, 

“ 

I, severely. 

Private Samuel Applegate, 


I. “ 

“ Stacy Briggs, 


I, slightly. 

“ Thomas N. Broome, 

u 

I, “ 

Sergeant Robert Martin, 

“ 

K, “ 

Corporal Job Giberson, 

** 

K, “ 

Private Reuben H. Coleman, 

“ 

K, severely. 

“ Patrick Farley, 

“ 

K, lost right arm. 

E- MEN MISSING. 

Private John Cliver, 

Company A. 

“ Charles S. Prosser, 

“ 

A. 

“ Philip Foy, 

“ 

A. 

“ John Leeson, 

“ 

A. 

“ Thomas Rossall, 

“ 

B. 

“ Francis Bartholf, 

“ 

B, 





106 HISTORY OF THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


Private John Hankins, Company B. 


“ Peter Baus, 

B. 


Corporal John Banning, 

C. 


Private George Lippincott, 

E. 


1st Sergeant William A. Smith, 

F. 


Sergeant Charles B. Bakeley, 

F. 


Private William H. Bennett, 

F. 


Joseph M. Haines, 

F. 


“ William H. Peters, 

F. 


“ Issacher B. Meeks, 

G. 


“ Abraham Stockton, 

G. 


“ Josiah B. Crispin, 

H. 


“ George S. Fisher, 

H. 


“ Samuel Howard, 

H. 


“ Richard Kelley, 

‘ H. 


Corporal Murdock MacKenzie, 

“ I. 


Private William H. Mason, 

I. 


“ Stacy Atkinson, 

“ I. 


“ George Green, 

K. 


“ Reuben Goff, 

K. 


“ David Hewitt, 

K. 


“ Benjamin T. Ogburn, 

“ K. 


*' Jesse Peterson, 

K. 


“ Alfred H. Reed, 

K. 


“ Azel M. Bird, 

“ K. 


RECAPITULATION. 


Total commissioned officers killed, 3—wounded, 6, 

9 

“ enlisted men killed, 17- 

—wounded, 51, 

68 

“ “ missing, 


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E. Burd Grubb, Col. Twenty-third N. J. V. 





OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


107 


These reports of casualties were made out and sent to the Adju¬ 
tant General’s office at Washington from the field, and were as cor¬ 
rect as the different commanding officers of companies could furnish 
at the time. Some who are reported as being killed turned up all 
right afterward, and were mustered out with the regiment, while 
others who are-reported as wounded or missing, were found to have 
been killed, or died from their wounds in some hospital, a correct 
record of which will be found opposite each name in the original 
muster as published in this book. 


List of Members of the Re-Union Society. 

FIELD AND STAFF. 

Colonel, E. BURD GRUBB, Edgewater Park. 

Lieut.-Colonel, GEORGE C. BROWN, Elizabeth. 

Chaplain, WILLIAM T. ABBOTT, New Jersey Conference. 
COMPANY A. 

Sergeant, GEORGE W. KEMPTON, Greenville. 

ROBERT McCULLY, Burlington. 

Sergeant, ALFRED INGLIN, 

ANTHONY SMITH, 

JOHN LEONARD, Asbury Park. 



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HISTORY OF THE RE-UNION SOCIETY 


COMPANY B. 

Captain, ELWOOD H. KIRKBRIDE, Medford. 

PHILIP EMERY. Chesterfield. 

WILLIAM STETSON, Bordentown. 

Lieutenant, SAMUEL E. BRANIN, 211 Jackson St , Trenton. 
Lieutenant, AUGUSTUS A. MESSEROLL, 

CHARLES W. CARR, 

HENRY DEWORTH, 

CHARLES MARCLASKEY, 

CHARLES C. MINTLE, 

CHARLPIS NAYLOR, 

Lieutenant, LEWIS AYRES, 


COMPANY C. 

Captain, SAMUEL CARR, Mount Holly. 

Sergeant, BENJAMIN S. SHREVE, 

Corporal, ELWOOD SHINN, 

ELIAS HARTSGROVE, 

Sergeant, CHARLES H. ESTILLE, “ 
JOHN FARLEY, Wrightstown. 


COMPANY D. 

Corporal, WILLIAM H. ASAY, Wrightstown. 
Corporal, WILLIAM H. BRANIN, Red Lion, 
ROBERT GRISCOM, Pemberton. 



OF THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


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BENJAMIN P. BUSSOM, New Egypt. 
Captain. READING NEWBOLD, Sykesville. 
Sergeant, RIDGWAY R. CURTIS, 

HARRISON E. POINSETT, “ 

JOSEPH IC. CLIVER, Wrightstown. 
THOMAS A. CLIVER, 

BENJAMIN B. WILES, 

SAMUEL CHALLENDER, Cookstown. 
ALLEN E. APPLEGATE, Jobstown. 
GEORGE H. WARREN, Asbury Park. 
POINSETT CROSS, 


COMPANY E. 

Captain, A. W. GROBLER, Pemberton. 

Lieutenant, ALFRED C. SEEDS, “ 

Corporal, FRANKLIN S. GASKILL, New Egypt. 

WILLIAM LEWIS, Lumberton. 

Sergeant, ANDREW F. LIPPINCOTT, Pemberton. 

WILLIAM EARLEY, 

Sergeant, AARON S. ROBINS, Kinkora. 

Sergeant, MARTIN V. HARGROVE, Pemberton. 

Sergeant, CHARLES H. CLIVER, 

WILLIAM H. HAMPTON, 

WILLIAM H. EVANS, 

Corporal, AARON W. HAINES, 812 Lafayette Avenue, Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y. 


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HISTORY OF THE RE UNION SOCIETY 


COMPANY F. 

DANIEL HORNER, Vincentown. 
CHARLES RAYNOR, 

JAMES FINLEY, Gloucester City. 

Corporal, JESSE C. STACKHOUSE, Medford. 
Sergeant, THOMAS HARKER, Birmingham. 

WESLEY GULICK, 23 S. Third St., Camden. 
IRA W. PRICKITT, Vincentown. 

ISAAC W. PARSONS, Medford. 

SAMUEL BRANSON, 

WILLIAM H. PETERS, Marlton. 


COMPANY G. 

Captain, HENRY C. RISDON, Mount Holly. 

Corporal, WILLIAM A. AUSTIN. 

Corporal, EDWARD K. DONALDSON, Titusville. 
WILLIAM T. POWELL, Lambertville. 

EZRA B. STEVENSON, Bridgeboro. 

I. B. MEEKS, Riverside. 

FREDERICK BECHTEL, 704 Line St., Camden. 
JOB BELL, Riverton. 

Sergeant, CHARLES H. DEACON, Mount Holly. 


COMPANY H. 

EDWIN J. LLOYD, Hartford. 

J. RIDGWAY ENGLISH, Chesterfield. 


OK THE TWENTY-THIRD N. J. VOLUNTEERS. 


Ill 


Sergeant, REUBEN M. HARTMAN, Lambertville. 

WILLIAM B. E. MILLER, Camden. 
Corporal, JOEL WAIN WRIGHT. 


COMPANY I. 

Captain, JOHN P. BURNETT. 

Quartermaster Sergeant, THOMAS ALCOTT, Jr., Mt. Holly. 
WILBUR VANNOTE, Mount Holly. 

GEORGE HOMAN, Marlton. 

Sergeant, ISAAC E. SHIVERS, “ 

JOHN P. JONES, 

WILLIAM H. ALCOTT, Medford. 

JOSEPH A. WELLS, Lumberton. 

JOSEPH H. HAMMITT, Moorestovvn. 

JOHN W. STRATTON, Marlton. 

UBERTA SHARP, Kirkwood. 

HENRY STILTS, Lumberton. 

GEORGE W. MATLACK, Merchantville. 


COMPANY K. 

Corporal, THOMAS BLACKMAN, Beach Haven. 
WILLIAM F. GASKILL, Tuckerton. 
THOMAS DRISCOLL, 

HENRY A. BATES, Port Republic. 
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